Top 25 Total Bases in 1958 in the National League

Total Bases : 1958 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)

1958 Total Bases Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Total Bases Team Rank

Ernie Banks 379 Chicago Cubs 1

Willie Mays 350 San Francisco Giants 2

Hank Aaron 328 Milwaukee Braves 3

Orlando Cepeda 309 San Francisco Giants 4

Frank Thomas 297 Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Ken Boyer 283 St. Louis Cardinals 6

Frank Robinson 279 Cincinnati Redlegs 7

Richie Ashburn 271 Philadelphia Phillies 8

Harry Anderson 270 Philadelphia Phillies 9

Bob Skinner 260 Pittsburgh Pirates 10

Bobby Thomson 255 Chicago Cubs 11

Walt Moryn 253 Chicago Cubs 12

Lee Walls 253 Chicago Cubs

Eddie Mathews 250 Milwaukee Braves 14

Bill Mazeroski 249 Pittsburgh Pirates 15

Stan Musial 249 St. Louis Cardinals

Dick Groat 238 Pittsburgh Pirates 17

Bill Virdon 234 Pittsburgh Pirates 18

Dale Long 224 Chicago Cubs 19

Daryl Spencer 219 San Francisco Giants 20

Johnny Temple 218 Cincinnati Redlegs 21

Roberto Clemente 212 Pittsburgh Pirates 22

Jerry Lynch 209 Cincinnati Redlegs 23

Charlie Neal 207 Los Angeles Dodgers 24

Gil Hodges 206 Los Angeles Dodgers 25

Name Total Bases Team Rank

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

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?

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.

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