Top 25 Total Bases in 1887 in the National League

Total Bases : 1887 National League Top 25

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"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)

1887 Total Bases Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Total Bases Team Rank

Sam Thompson 311 Detroit Wolverines 1

Dan Brouthers 281 Detroit Wolverines 2

Hardy Richardson 263 Detroit Wolverines 3

Jerry Denny 256 Indianapolis Hoosiers 4

Roger Connor 255 New York Giants 5

Cap Anson 244 Chicago White Stockings 6

Sam Wise 244 Boston Beaneaters

George Wood 244 Philadelphia Phillies

Jack Rowe 239 Detroit Wolverines 9

King Kelly 236 Boston Beaneaters 10

Billy O'Brien 223 Washington Senators 11

John Morrill 221 Boston Beaneaters 12

Jimmy Ryan 221 Chicago White Stockings

Paul Hines 219 Washington Senators 14

Fred Pfeffer 214 Chicago White Stockings 15

John Ward 213 New York Giants 16

Fred Carroll 210 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 17

Billy Nash 206 Boston Beaneaters 18

Jim Fogarty 203 Philadelphia Phillies 19

Marty Sullivan 200 Chicago White Stockings 20

Dick Johnston 199 Boston Beaneaters 21

Ed Andrews 196 Philadelphia Phillies 22

Otto Schomberg 194 Indianapolis Hoosiers 23

Ned Williamson 192 Chicago White Stockings 24

John Coleman 188 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 25

Name Total Bases Team Rank

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.

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).

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.

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