Total Bases : 1917 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1917 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ty Cobb 335 Detroit Tigers 1
Bobby Veach 261 Detroit Tigers 2
Tris Speaker 254 Cleveland Indians 3
George Sisler 244 St. Louis Browns 4
Ping Bodie 233 Philadelphia Athletics 5
Happy Felsch 232 Chicago White Sox 6
Joe Jackson 231 Chicago White Sox 7
Ray Chapman 230 Cleveland Indians 8
Wally Pipp 223 New York Yankees 9
Duffy Lewis 217 Boston Red Sox 10
Sam Rice 216 Washington Senators 11
Harry Heilmann 215 Detroit Tigers 12
Eddie Collins 205 Chicago White Sox 13
Frank Baker 202 New York Yankees 14
Stuffy McInnis 199 Philadelphia Athletics 15
Harry Hooper 195 Boston Red Sox 16
Amos Strunk 195 Philadelphia Athletics  
Clyde Milan 193 Washington Senators 18
Braggo Roth 192 Cleveland Indians 19
Donie Bush 187 Detroit Tigers 20
Baby Doll Jacobson 180 St. Louis Browns 21
Roger Peckinpaugh 179 New York Yankees 22
Chick Gandil 174 Chicago White Sox 23
Jack Graney 174 Cleveland Indians  
Larry Gardner 173 Boston Red Sox 25



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?

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).