1978 Total Bases Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Total Bases	Team	Rank
Jim Rice	406	Boston Red Sox	1
Eddie Murray	293	Baltimore Orioles	2
Don Baylor	279	California Angels	3
Rusty Staub	279	Detroit Tigers
Jason Thompson	278	Detroit Tigers	5
Larry Hisle	277	Milwaukee Brewers	6
Bobby Bonds	271	Chicago White Sox	7
		Texas Rangers
Carlton Fisk	271	Boston Red Sox
Ron LeFlore	270	Detroit Tigers	9
Graig Nettles	270	New York Yankees
Doug DeCinces	269	Baltimore Orioles	11
Hal McRae	267	Kansas City Royals	12
Fred Lynn	266	Boston Red Sox	13
Rico Carty	265	Toronto Blue Jays	14
		Oakland Athletics
Andre Thornton	262	Cleveland Indians	15
Al Oliver	257	Texas Rangers	16
Amos Otis	255	Kansas City Royals	17
Roy Smalley	254	Minnesota Twins	18
Dan Ford	251	Minnesota Twins	19
Rod Carew	249	Minnesota Twins	20
Reggie Jackson	244	New York Yankees	21
Leon Roberts	243	Seattle Mariners	22
Chris Chambliss	239	New York Yankees	23
George Brett	238	Kansas City Royals	24
Sal Bando	237	Milwaukee Brewers	25
Name	Total Bases	Team	Rank

	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. 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 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?