Total Bases : 1980 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)
 

1980 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Cecil Cooper 335 Milwaukee Brewers 1
Ben Oglivie 333 Milwaukee Brewers 2
Eddie Murray 322 Baltimore Orioles 3
Robin Yount 317 Milwaukee Brewers 4
Al Oliver 315 Texas Rangers 5
Tony Armas 314 Oakland Athletics 6
Reggie Jackson 307 New York Yankees 7
George Brett 298 Kansas City Royals 8
Willie Wilson 297 Kansas City Royals 9
Gorman Thomas 296 Milwaukee Brewers 10
Ken Singleton 283 Baltimore Orioles 11
Al Bumbry 279 Baltimore Orioles 12
Lance Parrish 276 Detroit Tigers 13
Mickey Rivers 275 Texas Rangers 14
Tony Perez 273 Boston Red Sox 15
Jim Morrison 256 Chicago White Sox 16
Jim Rice 254 Boston Red Sox 17
Buddy Bell 244 Texas Rangers 18
Steve Kemp 241 Detroit Tigers 19
Mike Hargrove 238 Cleveland Indians 20
Bruce Bochte 237 Seattle Mariners 21
John Mayberry 237 Toronto Blue Jays  
Rick Burleson 236 Boston Red Sox 23
Rod Carew 236 California Angels  
Rickey Henderson 236 Oakland Athletics  



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.

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?