Total Bases : 1924 National League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1924 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rogers Hornsby 373 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Zack Wheat 311 Brooklyn Robins 2
Cy Williams 308 Philadelphia Phillies 3
George Kelly 303 New York Giants 4
Jack Fournier 302 Brooklyn Robins 5
Frankie Frisch 282 New York Giants 6
Ross Youngs 274 New York Giants 7
Jim Bottomley 264 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Glenn Wright 262 Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Andy High 261 Brooklyn Robins 10
Travis Jackson 255 New York Giants 11
Kiki Cuyler 251 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Max Carey 250 Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Edd Roush 242 Cincinnati Reds 14
Rabbit Maranville 237 Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Irish Meusel 232 New York Giants 16
George Harper 230 Cincinnati Reds 17
Philadelphia Phillies  
Pie Traynor 227 Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Ray Blades 222 St. Louis Cardinals 19
Walter Holke 222 Philadelphia Phillies  
George Grantham 215 Chicago Cubs 21
Charlie Grimm 211 Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Stuffy McInnis 209 Boston Braves 23
Curt Walker 204 Philadelphia Phillies 24
Cincinnati Reds  
Heinie Groh 201 New York Giants 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.

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.

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?