Total Bases : 1920 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1920 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

George Sisler 399 St. Louis Browns 1
Babe Ruth 388 New York Yankees 2
Joe Jackson 336 Chicago White Sox 3
Tris Speaker 310 Cleveland Indians 4
Baby Doll Jacobson 305 St. Louis Browns 5
Happy Felsch 300 Chicago White Sox 6
Eddie Collins 297 Chicago White Sox 7
Bobby Veach 290 Detroit Tigers 8
Jack Tobin 268 St. Louis Browns 9
Sam Rice 267 Washington Senators 10
Buck Weaver 264 Chicago White Sox 11
Wally Pipp 262 New York Yankees 12
Harry Hooper 252 Boston Red Sox 13
Ken Williams 250 St. Louis Browns 14
Larry Gardner 247 Cleveland Indians 15
Del Pratt 245 New York Yankees 16
Tilly Walker 245 Philadelphia Athletics  
Bob Meusel 238 New York Yankees 18
Elmer Smith 237 Cleveland Indians 19
Harry Heilmann 233 Detroit Tigers 20
Joe Judge 228 Washington Senators 21
Joe Gedeon 222 St. Louis Browns 22
Joe Dugan 217 Philadelphia Athletics 23
Steve O'Neill 215 Cleveland Indians 24
Ping Bodie 210 New York Yankees 25



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?

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

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