Total Bases : 1940 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:

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1940 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Hank Greenberg 384 Detroit Tigers 1
Rudy York 343 Detroit Tigers 2
Ted Williams 333 Boston Red Sox 3
Joe DiMaggio 318 New York Yankees 4
Joe Gordon 315 New York Yankees 5
Jimmie Foxx 299 Boston Red Sox 6
Bobby Doerr 296 Boston Red Sox 7
Joe Kuhel 294 Chicago White Sox 8
Barney McCosky 289 Detroit Tigers 9
Lou Boudreau 278 Cleveland Indians 10
Hal Trosky 276 Cleveland Indians 11
Joe Cronin 275 Boston Red Sox 12
George McQuinn 273 St. Louis Browns 13
Rip Radcliff 272 St. Louis Browns 14
Wally Judnich 270 St. Louis Browns 15
Roy Weatherly 268 Cleveland Indians 16
Buddy Lewis 266 Washington Senators 17
Bob Johnson 263 Philadelphia Athletics 18
Taffy Wright 260 Chicago White Sox 19
Gee Walker 257 Washington Senators 20
Doc Cramer 254 Boston Red Sox 21
Charlie Keller 254 New York Yankees  
Wally Moses 252 Philadelphia Athletics 23
Luke Appling 250 Chicago White Sox 24
Lou Finney 247 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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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?