Total Bases : 1985 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1985 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Don Mattingly 370 New York Yankees 1
George Brett 322 Kansas City Royals 2
Phil Bradley 319 Seattle Mariners 3
Wade Boggs 312 Boston Red Sox 4
Eddie Murray 305 Baltimore Orioles 5
Bill Buckner 301 Boston Red Sox 6
Kirk Gibson 301 Detroit Tigers  
Cal Ripken, Jr. 301 Baltimore Orioles  
Harold Baines 299 Chicago White Sox 9
Dave Winfield 298 New York Yankees 10
George Bell 291 Toronto Blue Jays 11
Jesse Barfield 289 Toronto Blue Jays 12
Cecil Cooper 288 Milwaukee Brewers 13
Steve Balboni 286 Kansas City Royals 14
Rickey Henderson 282 New York Yankees 15
Dwight Evans 280 Boston Red Sox 16
Lou Whitaker 278 Detroit Tigers 17
Jim Presley 276 Seattle Mariners 18
Greg Walker 273 Chicago White Sox 19
Kirby Puckett 266 Minnesota Twins 20
Jim Rice 266 Boston Red Sox  
Mike Davis 265 Oakland Athletics 22
Carlton Fisk 265 Chicago White Sox  
Kent Hrbek 263 Minnesota Twins 24
Lance Parrish 263 Detroit Tigers  



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.

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).

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.