Total Bases : 1987 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1987 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

George Bell 369 Toronto Blue Jays 1
Mark McGwire 344 Oakland Athletics 2
Kirby Puckett 333 Minnesota Twins 3
Alan Trammell 329 Detroit Tigers 4
Wade Boggs 324 Boston Red Sox 5
Don Mattingly 318 New York Yankees 6
Danny Tartabull 315 Kansas City Royals 7
Dwight Evans 308 Boston Red Sox 8
Robin Yount 304 Milwaukee Brewers 9
Ruben Sierra 302 Texas Rangers 10
Kevin Seitzer 301 Kansas City Royals 11
Alvin Davis 299 Seattle Mariners 12
Wally Joyner 298 California Angels 13
Jose Canseco 296 Oakland Athletics 14
Eddie Murray 295 Baltimore Orioles 15
Brook Jacoby 292 Cleveland Indians 16
Ivan Calderon 285 Chicago White Sox 17
Gary Gaetti 283 Minnesota Twins 18
Devon White 283 California Angels  
Joe Carter 282 Cleveland Indians 20
Lloyd Moseby 280 Toronto Blue Jays 21
Phil Bradley 279 Seattle Mariners 22
Brian Downing 276 California Angels 23
Cal Ripken, Jr. 272 Baltimore Orioles 24
Jesse Barfield 270 Toronto Blue Jays 25



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.

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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.