Top 25 Total Bases in 2005 in the American League

Total Bases : 2005 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)

2005 Total Bases Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Total Bases Team Rank

Mark Teixeira 370 Texas Rangers 1

Alex Rodriguez 369 New York Yankees 2

David Ortiz 363 Boston Red Sox 3

Michael Young 343 Texas Rangers 4

Miguel Tejada 337 Baltimore Orioles 5

Manny Ramirez 329 Boston Red Sox 6

Alfonso Soriano 326 Texas Rangers 7

Hideki Matsui 312 New York Yankees 8

Grady Sizemore 310 Cleveland Indians 9

Paul Konerko 307 Chicago White Sox 10

Carl Crawford 302 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 11

Richie Sexson 302 Seattle Mariners

Gary Sheffield 299 New York Yankees 13

Jorge Cantu 297 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 14

Ichiro Suzuki 296 Seattle Mariners 15

Vladimir Guerrero 294 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 16

Derek Jeter 294 New York Yankees

Eric Chavez 291 Oakland Athletics 18

Travis Hafner 289 Cleveland Indians 19

Brian Roberts 289 Baltimore Orioles

Vernon Wells 287 Toronto Blue Jays 21

Melvin Mora 281 Baltimore Orioles 22

Hank Blalock 279 Texas Rangers 23

Coco Crisp 276 Cleveland Indians 24

Johnny Damon 274 Boston Red Sox 25

Name Total Bases Team Rank

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).

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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