1879 Total Bases Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Total Bases	Team	Rank
Paul Hines	197	Providence Grays	1
Charley Jones	181	Boston Red Caps	2
King Kelly	170	Cincinnati Reds	3
Jim O'Rourke	166	Providence Grays	4
John O'Rourke	165	Boston Red Caps	5
Buttercup Dickerson	154	Cincinnati Reds	6
Charlie Eden	150	Cleveland Blues	7
George Wright	145	Providence Grays	8
Pete Hotaling	144	Cincinnati Reds	9
Tom York	144	Providence Grays
Sadie Houck	143	Boston Red Caps	11
Ned Williamson	143	Chicago White Stockings
Deacon White	141	Cincinnati Reds	13
Cal McVey	135	Cincinnati Reds	14
Hardy Richardson	133	Buffalo Bisons	15
Silver Flint	129	Chicago White Stockings	16
Joe Start	128	Providence Grays	17
John Ward	127	Providence Grays	18
John Morrill	126	Boston Red Caps	19
Abner Dalrymple	124	Chicago White Stockings	20
Bill Phillips	122	Cleveland Blues	21
Joe Hornung	117	Buffalo Bisons	22
Mike McGeary	114	Providence Grays	23
John Peters	113	Chicago White Stockings	24
Orator Shafer	109	Chicago White Stockings	25
Name	Total Bases	Team	Rank

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