Total Bases : 2004 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:

"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)
 

2004 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Vladimir Guerrero 366 Anaheim Angels 1
David Ortiz 351 Boston Red Sox 2
Miguel Tejada 349 Baltimore Orioles 3
Manny Ramirez 348 Boston Red Sox 4
Michael Young 333 Texas Rangers 5
Ichiro Suzuki 320 Seattle Mariners 6
Hank Blalock 312 Texas Rangers 7
Carlos Lee 310 Chicago White Sox 8
Melvin Mora 309 Baltimore Orioles 9
Alex Rodriguez 308 New York Yankees 10
Gary Sheffield 306 New York Yankees 11
Hideki Matsui 305 New York Yankees 12
Mark Teixeira 305 Texas Rangers  
Derek Jeter 303 New York Yankees 14
Paul Konerko 301 Chicago White Sox 15
Johnny Damon 296 Boston Red Sox 16
Aubrey Huff 296 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  
Alfonso Soriano 294 Texas Rangers 18
Javy Lopez 291 Baltimore Orioles 19
Casey Blake 285 Cleveland Indians 20
Carlos Guillen 283 Detroit Tigers 21
Carl Crawford 282 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 22
Jose Guillen 281 Anaheim Angels 23
Travis Hafner 281 Cleveland Indians  
Mark Kotsay 278 Oakland Athletics 25



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?

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.