Total Bases : 1942 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)
 

1942 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ted Williams 338 Boston Red Sox 1
Joe DiMaggio 304 New York Yankees 2
Charlie Keller 279 New York Yankees 3
Dom DiMaggio 272 Boston Red Sox 4
Stan Spence 272 Washington Senators  
Joe Gordon 264 New York Yankees 6
Chet Laabs 259 St. Louis Browns 7
Johnny Pesky 258 Boston Red Sox 8
Jeff Heath 251 Cleveland Indians 9
Vern Stephens 249 St. Louis Browns 10
Bobby Doerr 248 Boston Red Sox 11
Bob Johnson 248 Philadelphia Athletics  
Barney McCosky 247 Detroit Tigers 13
Rudy York 247 Detroit Tigers  
Mickey Vernon 241 Washington Senators 15
Ken Keltner 239 Cleveland Indians 16
Les Fleming 237 Cleveland Indians 17
Wally Judnich 228 St. Louis Browns 18
George McQuinn 223 St. Louis Browns 19
Don Kolloway 221 Chicago White Sox 20
Harlond Clift 216 St. Louis Browns 21
Wally Moses 213 Chicago White Sox 22
George Case 209 Washington Senators 23
Don Gutteridge 209 St. Louis Browns  
Tommy Henrich 208 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?

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.

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).