Total Bases : 1960 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)
 

1960 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Mickey Mantle 294 New York Yankees 1
Roger Maris 290 New York Yankees 2
Minnie Minoso 284 Chicago White Sox 3
Bill Skowron 284 New York Yankees  
Jim Lemon 268 Washington Senators 5
Rocky Colavito 263 Detroit Tigers 6
Brooks Robinson 262 Baltimore Orioles 7
Tito Francona 250 Cleveland Indians 8
Norm Siebern 245 Kansas City Athletics 9
Al Smith 242 Chicago White Sox 10
Frank Malzone 237 Boston Red Sox 11
Roy Sievers 237 Chicago White Sox  
Harmon Killebrew 236 Washington Senators 13
Al Kaline 235 Detroit Tigers 14
Ron Hansen 233 Baltimore Orioles 15
Vic Power 229 Cleveland Indians 16
Tony Kubek 228 New York Yankees 17
Nellie Fox 225 Chicago White Sox 18
Gene Freese 219 Chicago White Sox 19
Billy Gardner 215 Washington Senators 20
Charlie Maxwell 212 Detroit Tigers 21
Jackie Brandt 211 Baltimore Orioles 22
Jimmy Piersall 211 Cleveland Indians  
Pete Runnels 208 Boston Red Sox 24
Bob Allison 207 Washington Senators 25



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).

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 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?