Total Bases : 1938 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
 

1938 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jimmie Foxx 398 Boston Red Sox 1
Hank Greenberg 380 Detroit Tigers 2
Joe DiMaggio 348 New York Yankees 3
Bob Johnson 311 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Jeff Heath 302 Cleveland Indians 5
Lou Gehrig 301 New York Yankees 6
Hal Trosky 300 Cleveland Indians 7
Harlond Clift 296 St. Louis Browns 8
George McQuinn 287 St. Louis Browns 9
Ken Keltner 286 Cleveland Indians 10
Joe Cronin 284 Boston Red Sox 11
Buddy Lewis 283 Washington Senators 12
Red Rolfe 278 New York Yankees 13
Joe Vosmik 277 Boston Red Sox 14
Charlie Gehringer 276 Detroit Tigers 15
Rudy York 268 Detroit Tigers 16
Pete Fox 262 Detroit Tigers 17
Earl Averill 258 Cleveland Indians 18
Bill Dickey 258 New York Yankees  
Zeke Bonura 255 Washington Senators 20
Mel Almada 250 Washington Senators 21
St. Louis Browns  
Doc Cramer 250 Boston Red Sox  
Wally Moses 250 Philadelphia Athletics  
Cecil Travis 245 Washington Senators 24
Al Simmons 240 Washington Senators 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?

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.