Total Bases : 1947 American League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1947 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League
Ted Williams 335 Boston Red Sox 1
Joe DiMaggio 279 New York Yankees 2
Joe Gordon 279 Cleveland Indians  
Tommy Henrich 267 New York Yankees 4
Johnny Pesky 250 Boston Red Sox 5
George Kell 242 Detroit Tigers 6
Bobby Doerr 239 Boston Red Sox 7
Jeff Heath 238 St. Louis Browns 8
Mickey Vernon 233 Washington Senators 9
Rudy York 232 Boston Red Sox 10
Chicago White Sox  
Lou Boudreau 228 Cleveland Indians 11
Vern Stephens 228 St. Louis Browns  
George McQuinn 226 New York Yankees 13
Stan Spence 223 Washington Senators 14
Jake Jones 222 Chicago White Sox 15
Boston Red Sox  
Barney McCosky 218 Philadelphia Athletics 16
Wally Judnich 213 St. Louis Browns 17
Bob Dillinger 212 St. Louis Browns 18
Sam Chapman 209 Philadelphia Athletics 19
Luke Appling 207 Chicago White Sox 20
Ken Keltner 207 Cleveland Indians  
Billy Johnson 206 New York Yankees 22
Eddie Mayo 203 Detroit Tigers 23
Sam Mele 203 Boston Red Sox  
Dom DiMaggio 200 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.

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 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?
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