Total Bases : 2006 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

2006 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

David Ortiz 355 Boston Red Sox 1
Grady Sizemore 349 Cleveland Indians 2
Jermaine Dye 335 Chicago White Sox 3
Vladimir Guerrero 335 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim  
Justin Morneau 331 Minnesota Twins 5
Vernon Wells 331 Toronto Blue Jays  
Raul Ibanez 323 Seattle Mariners 7
Mark Teixeira 323 Texas Rangers  
Miguel Tejada 323 Baltimore Orioles  
Michael Young 317 Texas Rangers 10
Paul Konerko 312 Chicago White Sox 11
Gary Matthews, Jr. 307 Texas Rangers 12
Derek Jeter 301 New York Yankees 13
Travis Hafner 299 Cleveland Indians 14
Alex Rodriguez 299 New York Yankees  
Richie Sexson 298 Seattle Mariners 16
Lyle Overbay 295 Toronto Blue Jays 17
Jim Thome 293 Chicago White Sox 18
Carl Crawford 289 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 19
Ichiro Suzuki 289 Seattle Mariners  
Adrian Beltre 288 Seattle Mariners 21
Johnny Damon 286 New York Yankees 22
Magglio Ordonez 283 Detroit Tigers 23
Carlos Guillen 282 Detroit Tigers 24
Mike Cuddyer 281 Minnesota Twins 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.

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).