Total Bases : 1939 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:

"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)
 

1939 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Johnny Mize 353 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Frank McCormick 312 Cincinnati Reds 2
Joe Medwick 307 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Dolph Camilli 296 Brooklyn Dodgers 4
Enos Slaughter 291 St. Louis Cardinals 5
Billy Herman 282 Chicago Cubs 6
Stan Hack 255 Chicago Cubs 7
Arky Vaughan 252 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Harry Danning 249 New York Giants 9
Jimmy Brown 248 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Cookie Lavagetto 244 Brooklyn Dodgers 11
Ival Goodman 242 Cincinnati Reds 12
Augie Galan 237 Chicago Cubs 13
Frank Demaree 234 New York Giants 14
Bill Werber 233 Cincinnati Reds 15
Mel Ott 230 New York Giants 16
Max West 223 Boston Bees 17
Lonny Frey 219 Cincinnati Reds 18
Ernie Lombardi 219 Cincinnati Reds  
Zeke Bonura 217 New York Giants 20
Billy Jurges 216 New York Giants 21
Buddy Hassett 209 Boston Bees 22
Rip Russell 209 Chicago Cubs  
Jo-Jo Moore 208 New York Giants 24
Elbie Fletcher 207 Boston Bees 25
Pittsburgh Pirates  



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.

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.