Top 25 Total Bases in 2003 in the American League

Total Bases : 2003 American League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

2003 Total Bases Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Total Bases Team Rank

Vernon Wells 373 Toronto Blue Jays 1

Alex Rodriguez 364 Texas Rangers 2

Alfonso Soriano 358 New York Yankees 3

Aubrey Huff 353 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 4

Garret Anderson 345 Anaheim Angels 5

Nomar Garciaparra 345 Boston Red Sox

Carlos Delgado 338 Toronto Blue Jays 7

Manny Ramirez 334 Boston Red Sox 8

Bret Boone 333 Seattle Mariners 9

Magglio Ordonez 331 Chicago White Sox 10

Carlos Lee 311 Chicago White Sox 11

Frank Thomas 307 Chicago White Sox 12

Eric Chavez 302 Oakland Athletics 13

Dmitri Young 302 Detroit Tigers

Miguel Tejada 300 Oakland Athletics 15

Michael Young 297 Texas Rangers 16

Hank Blalock 296 Texas Rangers 17

Ichiro Suzuki 296 Seattle Mariners

Jay Gibbons 285 Baltimore Orioles 19

Rafael Palmeiro 285 Texas Rangers

Bill Mueller 283 Boston Red Sox 21

Jason Giambi 282 New York Yankees 22

Raul Ibanez 276 Kansas City Royals 23

Carlos Beltran 272 Kansas City Royals 24

Hideki Matsui 271 New York Yankees 25

Name Total Bases Team Rank

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

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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.

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