Total Bases : 2002 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

2002 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Alex Rodriguez 389 Texas Rangers 1
Alfonso Soriano 381 New York Yankees 2
Magglio Ordonez 352 Chicago White Sox 3
Garret Anderson 344 Anaheim Angels 4
Miguel Tejada 336 Oakland Athletics 5
Nomar Garciaparra 335 Boston Red Sox 6
Jason Giambi 335 New York Yankees  
Jim Thome 325 Cleveland Indians 8
Carlos Beltran 319 Kansas City Royals 9
Rafael Palmeiro 312 Texas Rangers 10
Bernie Williams 302 New York Yankees 11
Eric Chavez 300 Oakland Athletics 12
Jacque Jones 295 Minnesota Twins 13
Torii Hunter 294 Minnesota Twins 14
Shea Hillenbrand 291 Boston Red Sox 15
Paul Konerko 284 Chicago White Sox 16
Manny Ramirez 282 Boston Red Sox 17
Tony Batista 281 Baltimore Orioles 18
Bret Boone 281 Seattle Mariners  
Ellis Burks 280 Cleveland Indians 20
Randy Winn 280 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  
Vernon Wells 278 Toronto Blue Jays 22
Carlos Delgado 277 Toronto Blue Jays 23
Johnny Damon 276 Boston Red Sox 24
Ichiro Suzuki 275 Seattle Mariners 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.

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.