Total Bases : 1997 American League Top 25

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1997 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League
Ken Griffey, Jr. 393 Seattle Mariners 1
Nomar Garciaparra 365 Boston Red Sox 2
Tino Martinez 343 New York Yankees 3
Frank Thomas 324 Chicago White Sox 4
Rusty Greer 319 Texas Rangers 5
Juan Gonzalez 314 Texas Rangers 6
Albert Belle 311 Chicago White Sox 7
Manny Ramirez 302 Cleveland Indians 8
Tim Salmon 301 Anaheim Angels 9
Edgar Martinez 300 Seattle Mariners 10
Rafael Palmeiro 298 Baltimore Orioles 11
David Justice 295 Cleveland Indians 12
Mo Vaughn 295 Boston Red Sox  
Alex Rodriguez 291 Seattle Mariners 14
Matt Williams 291 Cleveland Indians  
Tony Clark 290 Detroit Tigers 16
Ivan Rodriguez 289 Texas Rangers 17
Jim Thome 287 Cleveland Indians 18
John Valentin 287 Boston Red Sox  
Bobby Higginson 284 Detroit Tigers 20
Paul O'Neill 284 New York Yankees  
Brady Anderson 277 Baltimore Orioles 22
Bernie Williams 277 New York Yankees  
Carlos Delgado 274 Toronto Blue Jays 24
Jay Buhner 273 Seattle Mariners 25



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.

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).

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.
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