Total Bases : 1908 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1908 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Honus Wagner 308 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Mike Donlin 268 New York Giants 2
Red Murray 237 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Hans Lobert 232 Cincinnati Reds 4
Tommy Leach 222 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Joe Tinker 214 Chicago Cubs 6
Sherry Magee 212 Philadelphia Phillies 7
Kitty Bransfield 208 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Fred Clarke 200 Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Cy Seymour 199 New York Giants 10
Fred Osborn 197 Philadelphia Phillies 11
John Titus 194 Philadelphia Phillies 12
Ed Konetchy 193 St. Louis Cardinals 13
Tim Jordan 191 Brooklyn Superbas 14
John Hummel 190 Brooklyn Superbas 15
Fred Tenney 177 New York Giants 16
Eddie Grant 175 Philadelphia Phillies 17
Art Devlin 167 New York Giants 18
Joe Delahanty 166 St. Louis Cardinals 19
Ginger Beaumont 165 Boston Doves 20
Harry Steinfeldt 165 Chicago Cubs  
Frank Chance 164 Chicago Cubs 22
Otto Knabe 163 Philadelphia Phillies 23
Johnny Kling 162 Chicago Cubs 24
Roger Bresnahan 161 New York Giants 25



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).

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

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?