Top 25 Total Bases in 1972 in the American League

Total Bases : 1972 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)

1972 Total Bases Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Total Bases Team Rank

Bobby Murcer 314 New York Yankees 1

Dick Allen 305 Chicago White Sox 2

Joe Rudi 288 Oakland Athletics 3

John Mayberry 255 Kansas City Royals 4

Lou Piniella 253 Kansas City Royals 5

Carlton Fisk 246 Boston Red Sox 6

Bob Oliver 246 Kansas City Royals

California Angels

George Scott 246 Milwaukee Brewers

Reggie Jackson 236 Oakland Athletics 9

Carlos May 229 Chicago White Sox 10

Bobby Darwin 227 Minnesota Twins 11

Mike Epstein 223 Oakland Athletics 12

Amos Otis 223 Kansas City Royals

Reggie Smith 222 Boston Red Sox 14

Graig Nettles 220 Cleveland Indians 15

Tommy Harper 216 Boston Red Sox 16

Aurelio Rodriguez 214 Detroit Tigers 17

Roy White 209 New York Yankees 18

Danny Thompson 204 Minnesota Twins 19

Bert Campaneris 203 Oakland Athletics 20

Rod Carew 203 Minnesota Twins

Boog Powell 202 Baltimore Orioles 22

Sal Bando 197 Oakland Athletics 23

Norm Cash 196 Detroit Tigers 24

Harmon Killebrew 195 Minnesota Twins 25

Name Total Bases Team Rank

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?

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).

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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