Total Bases : 1931 National League Top 25

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1931 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Chuck Klein 347 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Bill Terry 323 New York Giants 2
Babe Herman 320 Brooklyn Robins 3
Wally Berger 316 Boston Braves 4
Kiki Cuyler 290 Chicago Cubs 5
Lloyd Waner 277 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Mel Ott 271 New York Giants 7
Johnny Frederick 266 Brooklyn Robins 8
Woody English 262 Chicago Cubs 9
Chick Hafey 256 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Pie Traynor 256 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Del Bissonette 253 Brooklyn Robins 12
Paul Waner 253 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Tony Cuccinello 248 Cincinnati Reds 14
Lefty O'Doul 247 Brooklyn Robins 15
Charlie Grimm 243 Chicago Cubs 16
George Watkins 240 St. Louis Cardinals 17
Sparky Adams 237 St. Louis Cardinals 18
Travis Jackson 233 New York Giants 19
Don Hurst 229 Philadelphia Phillies 20
Buzz Arlett 225 Philadelphia Phillies 21
Johnny Vergez 224 New York Giants 22
Harvey Hendrick 220 Brooklyn Robins 23
Cincinnati Reds  
Dick Bartell 217 Philadelphia Phillies 24
Freddy Leach 217 New York Giants  



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.