Total Bases : 1916 American League Top 25

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"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1916 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Joe Jackson 293 Chicago White Sox 1
Tris Speaker 274 Cleveland Indians 2
Ty Cobb 267 Detroit Tigers 3
Bobby Veach 245 Detroit Tigers 4
Happy Felsch 233 Chicago White Sox 5
Del Pratt 233 St. Louis Browns  
George Sisler 232 St. Louis Browns 7
Amos Strunk 229 Philadelphia Athletics 8
Wally Pipp 227 New York Yankees 9
Jack Graney 226 Cleveland Indians 10
Eddie Collins 216 Chicago White Sox 11
Burt Shotton 212 St. Louis Browns 12
Harry Hooper 201 Boston Red Sox 13
Duffy Lewis 193 Boston Red Sox 14
Eddie Foster 192 Washington Senators 15
Larry Gardner 191 Boston Red Sox 16
Roger Peckinpaugh 191 New York Yankees  
Whitey Witt 190 Philadelphia Athletics 18
Harry Heilmann 185 Detroit Tigers 19
Stuffy McInnis 185 Philadelphia Athletics  
Tilly Walker 184 Boston Red Sox 21
George Burns 183 Detroit Tigers 22
Chick Gandil 182 Cleveland Indians 23
Shano Collins 180 Chicago White Sox 24
Buck Weaver 180 Chicago White Sox  



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

Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).