Total Bases : 1945 American League Top 25

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"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1945 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Snuffy Stirnweiss 301 New York Yankees 1
Vern Stephens 270 St. Louis Browns 2
Nick Etten 247 New York Yankees 3
Rudy York 246 Detroit Tigers 4
Wally Moses 239 Chicago White Sox 5
Roy Cullenbine 238 Cleveland Indians 6
Detroit Tigers  
Bob Johnson 225 Boston Red Sox 7
Dutch Meyer 219 Cleveland Indians 8
Mickey Rocco 219 Cleveland Indians  
George Binks 215 Washington Senators 10
Joe Kuhel 213 Washington Senators 11
Doc Cramer 205 Detroit Tigers 12
Dick Siebert 205 Philadelphia Athletics  
Eddie Mayo 203 Detroit Tigers 14
George Kell 202 Philadelphia Athletics 15
Johnny Dickshot 198 Chicago White Sox 16
Bobby Estalella 196 Philadelphia Athletics 17
Eddie Lake 194 Boston Red Sox 18
George McQuinn 192 St. Louis Browns 19
Irv Hall 188 Philadelphia Athletics 20
Jeff Heath 188 Cleveland Indians  
Catfish Metkovich 187 Boston Red Sox 22
George Case 180 Washington Senators 23
George Myatt 179 Washington Senators 24
Hal Peck 179 Philadelphia Athletics  



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).

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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.