Total Bases : 1968 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)
 

1968 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Frank Howard 330 Washington Senators 1
Willie Horton 278 Detroit Tigers 2
Ken Harrelson 277 Boston Red Sox 3
Carl Yastrzemski 267 Boston Red Sox 4
Jim Northrup 259 Detroit Tigers 5
Brooks Robinson 253 Baltimore Orioles 6
Reggie Jackson 250 Oakland Athletics 7
Bill Freehan 245 Detroit Tigers 8
Reggie Smith 240 Boston Red Sox 9
Roy White 239 New York Yankees 10
Dick McAuliffe 234 Detroit Tigers 11
Bert Campaneris 232 Oakland Athletics 12
Cesar Tovar 228 Minnesota Twins 13
Boog Powell 226 Baltimore Orioles 14
Rick Reichardt 225 California Angels 15
Jim Fregosi 224 California Angels 16
Tony Oliva 224 Minnesota Twins  
Bob Allison 214 Minnesota Twins 18
Sal Bando 214 Oakland Athletics  
Ken McMullen 213 Washington Senators 20
Mickey Stanley 212 Detroit Tigers 21
Luis Aparicio 208 Chicago White Sox 22
Jose Cardenal 206 Cleveland Indians 23
Norm Cash 200 Detroit Tigers 24
Danny Cater 198 Oakland Athletics 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?

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.