Total Bases : 1929 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:

"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)
 

1929 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rogers Hornsby 409 Chicago Cubs 1
Chuck Klein 405 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Lefty O'Doul 397 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Hack Wilson 355 Chicago Cubs 4
Babe Herman 348 Brooklyn Robins 5
Mel Ott 346 New York Giants 6
Johnny Frederick 342 Brooklyn Robins 7
Chick Hafey 327 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Jim Bottomley 318 St. Louis Cardinals 9
Paul Waner 318 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bill Terry 317 New York Giants 11
Lloyd Waner 317 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Don Hurst 309 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Pinky Whitney 295 Philadelphia Phillies 14
Taylor Douthit 289 St. Louis Cardinals 15
Riggs Stephenson 278 Chicago Cubs 16
Kiki Cuyler 271 Chicago Cubs 17
Travis Jackson 270 New York Giants 18
George Sisler 267 Boston Braves 19
Fresco Thompson 261 Philadelphia Phillies 20
Dick Bartell 256 Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Frankie Frisch 255 St. Louis Cardinals 22
Freddie Lindstrom 255 New York Giants  
Pie Traynor 255 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Andy High 248 St. Louis Cardinals 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 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?

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.