Total Bases : 1899 National 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1899 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ed Delahanty 338 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Buck Freeman 331 Washington Senators 2
Jimmy Williams 328 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Chick Stahl 284 Boston Beaneaters 4
Honus Wagner 282 Louisville Colonels 5
Jesse Burkett 279 St. Louis Perfectos 6
Fred Tenney 265 Boston Beaneaters 7
Fred Clarke 262 Louisville Colonels 8
Bobby Wallace 262 St. Louis Perfectos  
Willie Keeler 257 Brooklyn Superbas 10
Dummy Hoy 252 Louisville Colonels 11
Emmet Heidrick 249 St. Louis Perfectos 12
Joe Kelley 242 Brooklyn Superbas 13
Jake Beckley 239 Cincinnati Reds 14
Jack McCarthy 236 Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Bill Keister 235 Baltimore Orioles 16
Ducky Holmes 234 Baltimore Orioles 17
Jimmy Collins 231 Boston Beaneaters 18
Tom O'Brien 229 New York Giants 19
Hugh Duffy 222 Boston Beaneaters 20
Herman Long 217 Boston Beaneaters 21
Elmer Flick 216 Philadelphia Phillies 22
George Van Haltren 215 New York Giants 23
Tom Daly 213 Brooklyn Superbas 24
Dan McGann 213 Brooklyn Superbas  
Washington Senators  



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.

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.