Total Bases : 1969 American League Top 25

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1969 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Frank Howard 340 Washington Senators 1
Reggie Jackson 334 Oakland Athletics 2
Harmon Killebrew 324 Minnesota Twins 3
Tony Oliva 316 Minnesota Twins 4
Rico Petrocelli 315 Boston Red Sox 5
Carl Yastrzemski 306 Boston Red Sox 6
Paul Blair 298 Baltimore Orioles 7
Boog Powell 298 Baltimore Orioles  
Sal Bando 295 Oakland Athletics 9
Frank Robinson 291 Baltimore Orioles 10
Tony Horton 288 Cleveland Indians 11
Reggie Smith 286 Boston Red Sox 12
Jim Northrup 276 Detroit Tigers 13
Bobby Murcer 256 New York Yankees 14
Bill Melton 241 Chicago White Sox 15
Ken McMullen 239 Washington Senators 16
Ken Harrelson 237 Boston Red Sox 17
Cleveland Indians  
Willie Horton 236 Detroit Tigers 18
Brooks Robinson 236 Baltimore Orioles  
Horace Clarke 235 New York Yankees 20
Don Buford 231 Baltimore Orioles 21
Joe Pepitone 227 New York Yankees 22
Leo Cardenas 224 Minnesota Twins 23
Norm Cash 224 Detroit Tigers  
Mike Epstein 222 Washington Senators 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.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

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).