Total Bases : 1905 National League Top 25

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

1905 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Cy Seymour 325 Cincinnati Reds 1
Mike Donlin 300 New York Giants 2
Honus Wagner 277 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Sherry Magee 253 Philadelphia Phillies 4
John Titus 239 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Homer Smoot 231 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Sam Mertes 230 New York Giants 7
Ed Abbaticchio 228 Boston Beaneaters 8
Shad Barry 222 Chicago Cubs 9
Cincinnati Reds  
George Browne 213 New York Giants 10
Dan McGann 213 New York Giants  
Fred Clarke 211 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Harry Lumley 208 Brooklyn Superbas 13
Roy Thomas 201 Philadelphia Phillies 14
Emil Batch 200 Brooklyn Superbas 15
Kitty Bransfield 200 Philadelphia Phillies  
Tommy Corcoran 199 Cincinnati Reds 17
Ernie Courtney 199 Philadelphia Phillies  
Billy Maloney 196 Chicago Cubs 19
Jimmy Sheckard 191 Brooklyn Superbas 20
Jake Beckley 190 St. Louis Cardinals 21
Kid Gleason 184 Philadelphia Phillies 22
Miller Huggins 184 Cincinnati Reds  
Fred Tenney 182 Boston Beaneaters 24
Wildfire Schulte 181 Chicago Cubs 25



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

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.