Total Bases : 1909 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1909 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ty Cobb 296 Detroit Tigers 1
Sam Crawford 266 Detroit Tigers 2
Eddie Collins 257 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Frank Baker 242 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Tris Speaker 241 Boston Red Sox 5
Danny Murphy 223 Philadelphia Athletics 6
Nap Lajoie 202 Cleveland Naps 7
Harry Davis 198 Philadelphia Athletics 8
Patsy Dougherty 192 Chicago White Sox 9
Harry Lord 192 Boston Red Sox  
Jake Stahl 189 Boston Red Sox 11
Roy Hartzell 183 St. Louis Browns 12
George Stovall 182 Cleveland Naps 13
Clyde Engle 176 New York Highlanders 14
Bill Hinchman 170 Cleveland Naps 15
Hal Chase 169 New York Highlanders 16
Bob Unglaub 168 Washington Senators 17
Donie Bush 167 Detroit Tigers 18
Hobe Ferris 160 St. Louis Browns 19
George Moriarty 160 Detroit Tigers  
Harry Niles 159 Boston Red Sox 21
Doc Gessler 158 Boston Red Sox 22
Washington Senators  
Matty McIntyre 155 Detroit Tigers 23
Ray Demmitt 153 New York Highlanders 24
Tom Jones 151 St. Louis Browns 25
Detroit Tigers  



The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?