Total Bases : 1994 American League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1994 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Albert Belle 294 Cleveland Indians 1
Ken Griffey, Jr. 292 Seattle Mariners 2
Frank Thomas 291 Chicago White Sox 3
Kenny Lofton 246 Cleveland Indians 4
Rafael Palmeiro 240 Baltimore Orioles 5
Jose Canseco 237 Texas Rangers 6
Kirby Puckett 237 Minnesota Twins  
Paul Molitor 235 Toronto Blue Jays 8
Carlos Baerga 232 Cleveland Indians 9
Joe Carter 228 Toronto Blue Jays 10
Mo Vaughn 227 Boston Red Sox 11
Paul O'Neill 222 New York Yankees 12
Julio Franco 221 Chicago White Sox 13
Chili Davis 220 California Angels 14
Travis Fryman 220 Detroit Tigers  
Cecil Fielder 214 Detroit Tigers 16
Ruben Sierra 206 Oakland Athletics 17
Chuck Knoblauch 205 Minnesota Twins 18
Tony Phillips 205 Detroit Tigers  
Cal Ripken, Jr. 204 Baltimore Orioles 20
Juan Gonzalez 199 Texas Rangers 21
Tim Salmon 198 California Angels 22
Will Clark 195 Texas Rangers 23
Jay Buhner 194 Seattle Mariners 24
Brady Anderson 190 Baltimore Orioles 25



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

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.