Total Bases : 1903 National League Top 25

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"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1903 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ginger Beaumont 272 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Cy Seymour 267 Cincinnati Reds 2
Honus Wagner 265 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Mike Donlin 256 Cincinnati Reds 4
Jimmy Sheckard 245 Brooklyn Superbas 5
Fred Clarke 227 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Sam Mertes 226 New York Giants 7
Tommy Leach 222 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
George Browne 220 New York Giants 9
Harry Steinfeldt 211 Cincinnati Reds 10
Johnny Kling 210 Chicago Cubs 11
Duff Cooley 209 Boston Beaneaters 12
Jake Beckley 205 Cincinnati Reds 13
Jack Doyle 203 Brooklyn Superbas 14
Roger Bresnahan 200 New York Giants 15
Homer Smoot 198 St. Louis Cardinals 16
Frank Chance 194 Chicago Cubs 17
Jimmy Sebring 194 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jimmy Slagle 194 Chicago Cubs  
Claude Ritchey 193 Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Ed Gremminger 192 Boston Beaneaters 21
Shad Barry 189 Philadelphia Phillies 22
Harry Wolverton 189 Philadelphia Phillies  
John Farrell 185 St. Louis Cardinals 24
Bill Keister 178 Philadelphia Phillies 25



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.

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).