Total Bases : 1929 American League Top 25

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"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1929 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Al Simmons 373 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Dale Alexander 363 Detroit Tigers 2
Babe Ruth 348 New York Yankees 3
Charlie Gehringer 337 Detroit Tigers 4
Jimmie Foxx 323 Philadelphia Athletics 5
Lou Gehrig 323 New York Yankees  
Earl Averill 321 Cleveland Indians 7
Tony Lazzeri 306 New York Yankees 8
Roy Johnson 304 Detroit Tigers 9
Lew Fonseca 301 Cleveland Indians 10
Mule Haas 288 Philadelphia Athletics 11
Heinie Manush 287 St. Louis Browns 12
Earle Combs 274 New York Yankees 13
Bing Miller 272 Philadelphia Athletics 14
Marty McManus 270 Detroit Tigers 15
Sam Rice 261 Washington Senators 16
Harry Heilmann 256 Detroit Tigers 17
Goose Goslin 255 Washington Senators 18
Joe Sewell 247 Cleveland Indians 19
Lu Blue 246 St. Louis Browns 20
Carl Reynolds 245 Chicago White Sox 21
Mickey Cochrane 244 Philadelphia Athletics 22
Red Kress 243 St. Louis Browns 23
Joe Judge 240 Washington Senators 24
Bill Cissell 239 Chicago White Sox 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?

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).