Total Bases : 1936 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1936 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Hal Trosky 405 Cleveland Indians 1
Lou Gehrig 403 New York Yankees 2
Earl Averill 385 Cleveland Indians 3
Jimmie Foxx 369 Boston Red Sox 4
Joe DiMaggio 367 New York Yankees 5
Charlie Gehringer 356 Detroit Tigers 6
Odell Hale 314 Cleveland Indians 7
Beau Bell 309 St. Louis Browns 8
Goose Goslin 301 Detroit Tigers 9
Bob Johnson 297 Philadelphia Athletics 10
Harlond Clift 296 St. Louis Browns 11
Joe Kuhel 295 Washington Senators 12
Gee Walker 295 Detroit Tigers  
Moose Solters 293 St. Louis Browns 14
Zeke Bonura 283 Chicago White Sox 15
Wally Moses 280 Philadelphia Athletics 16
Red Rolfe 280 New York Yankees  
Frankie Crosetti 276 New York Yankees 18
Rip Radcliff 276 Chicago White Sox  
Al Simmons 275 Detroit Tigers 20
Luke Appling 267 Chicago White Sox 21
Bill Dickey 261 New York Yankees 22
Jim Bottomley 259 St. Louis Browns 23
Ben Chapman 255 New York Yankees 24
Washington Senators  
George Selkirk 252 New York Yankees 25



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.

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).

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?