Total Bases : 1923 National League Top 25

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"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)
 

1923 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Frankie Frisch 311 New York Giants 1
Cy Williams 308 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Jack Fournier 303 Brooklyn Robins 3
Pie Traynor 301 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Jigger Statz 288 Chicago Cubs 5
Irish Meusel 284 New York Giants 6
Jim Bottomley 280 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Edd Roush 280 Cincinnati Reds  
Max Carey 276 Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Billy Southworth 274 Boston Braves 10
Charlie Grimm 270 Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Cotton Tierney 268 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Philadelphia Phillies  
Rogers Hornsby 266 St. Louis Cardinals 13
Jimmy Johnston 266 Brooklyn Robins  
Ross Youngs 266 New York Giants  
Bernie Friberg 259 Chicago Cubs 16
George Kelly 253 New York Giants 17
Pat Duncan 248 Cincinnati Reds 18
Stuffy McInnis 238 Boston Braves 19
George Grantham 236 Chicago Cubs 20
Walter Holke 235 Philadelphia Phillies 21
Hack Miller 234 Chicago Cubs 22
Tony Boeckel 230 Boston Braves 23
George Burns 230 Cincinnati Reds  
Milt Stock 219 St. Louis Cardinals 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.

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