Total Bases : 1950 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1950 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Walt Dropo 326 Boston Red Sox 1
Vern Stephens 321 Boston Red Sox 2
Yogi Berra 318 New York Yankees 3
George Kell 310 Detroit Tigers 4
Joe DiMaggio 307 New York Yankees 5
Bobby Doerr 304 Boston Red Sox 6
Al Rosen 301 Cleveland Indians 7
Vic Wertz 298 Detroit Tigers 8
Hoot Evers 290 Detroit Tigers 9
Larry Doby 274 Cleveland Indians 10
Phil Rizzuto 271 New York Yankees 11
Dom DiMaggio 266 Boston Red Sox 12
Luke Easter 263 Cleveland Indians 13
Gus Zernial 263 Chicago White Sox  
Johnny Groth 255 Detroit Tigers 15
Irv Noren 249 Washington Senators 16
Eddie Robinson 249 Washington Senators  
Chicago White Sox  
Jerry Priddy 248 Detroit Tigers 18
Sam Chapman 240 Philadelphia Athletics 19
Eddie Yost 232 Washington Senators 20
Al Zarilla 232 Boston Red Sox  
Don Lenhardt 231 St. Louis Browns 22
Dave Philley 223 Chicago White Sox 23
Bob Kennedy 221 Cleveland Indians 24
Johnny Lipon 221 Detroit Tigers  



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.

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.