Total Bases : 1991 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)
 

1991 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Cal Ripken, Jr. 368 Baltimore Orioles 1
Rafael Palmeiro 336 Texas Rangers 2
Ruben Sierra 332 Texas Rangers 3
Paul Molitor 325 Milwaukee Brewers 4
Joe Carter 321 Toronto Blue Jays 5
Cecil Fielder 320 Detroit Tigers 6
Jose Canseco 318 Oakland Athletics 7
Frank Thomas 309 Chicago White Sox 8
Devon White 292 Toronto Blue Jays 9
Ken Griffey, Jr. 289 Seattle Mariners 10
Danny Tartabull 287 Kansas City Royals 11
Kirby Puckett 281 Minnesota Twins 12
Julio Franco 279 Texas Rangers 13
Roberto Alomar 278 Toronto Blue Jays 14
Chili Davis 271 Minnesota Twins 15
Steve Sax 270 New York Yankees 16
Wally Joyner 269 California Angels 17
Robin Ventura 268 Chicago White Sox 18
Dave Winfield 268 California Angels  
Dave Henderson 266 Oakland Athletics 20
Mike Devereaux 262 Baltimore Orioles 21
Juan Gonzalez 261 Texas Rangers 22
Wade Boggs 251 Boston Red Sox 23
Albert Belle 249 Cleveland Indians 24
Travis Fryman 249 Detroit Tigers  



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.

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.