Top 25 Total Bases in 1979 in the American League

Total Bases : 1979 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)

1979 Total Bases Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Total Bases Team Rank

Jim Rice 369 Boston Red Sox 1

George Brett 363 Kansas City Royals 2

Fred Lynn 338 Boston Red Sox 3

Don Baylor 333 California Angels 4

Ken Singleton 304 Baltimore Orioles 5

Buddy Bell 302 Texas Rangers 6

Cecil Cooper 300 Milwaukee Brewers 7

Gorman Thomas 300 Milwaukee Brewers

Willie Horton 296 Seattle Mariners 9

Eddie Murray 288 Baltimore Orioles 10

Bobby Grich 287 California Angels 11

Carney Lansford 285 California Angels 12

Ruppert Jones 276 Seattle Mariners 13

Chet Lemon 276 Chicago White Sox

Paul Molitor 274 Milwaukee Brewers 15

Roy Smalley 274 Minnesota Twins

Bruce Bochte 273 Seattle Mariners 17

Sixto Lezcano 271 Milwaukee Brewers 18

Ben Oglivie 270 Milwaukee Brewers 19

Steve Kemp 266 Detroit Tigers 20

Dan Ford 264 California Angels 21

Butch Hobson 262 Boston Red Sox 22

Darrell Porter 258 Kansas City Royals 23

Amos Otis 256 Kansas City Royals 24

Ken Landreaux 254 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).

Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

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