Total Bases : 1976 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)
 

1976 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

George Brett 298 Kansas City Royals 1
Chris Chambliss 283 New York Yankees 2
Rod Carew 280 Minnesota Twins 3
Jim Rice 280 Boston Red Sox  
Graig Nettles 277 New York Yankees 5
Thurman Munson 266 New York Yankees 6
Amos Otis 263 Kansas City Royals 7
Jorge Orta 261 Chicago White Sox 8
Roy White 256 New York Yankees 9
Mickey Rivers 255 New York Yankees 10
Rusty Staub 255 Detroit Tigers  
George Scott 251 Milwaukee Brewers 12
Reggie Jackson 250 Baltimore Orioles 13
George Hendrick 247 Cleveland Indians 14
Rico Carty 244 Cleveland Indians 15
Hal McRae 243 Kansas City Royals 16
Fred Lynn 237 Boston Red Sox 17
Lee May 237 Baltimore Orioles  
Carl Yastrzemski 236 Boston Red Sox 19
Sal Bando 235 Oakland Athletics 20
Dan Ford 235 Minnesota Twins  
Larry Hisle 229 Minnesota Twins 22
Tom Grieve 228 Texas Rangers 23
Jeff Burroughs 223 Texas Rangers 24
Ron LeFlore 223 Detroit Tigers  



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?

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.