Total Bases : 1972 National League Top 25

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1972 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League
Billy Williams 348 Chicago Cubs 1
Cesar Cedeno 300 Houston Astros 2
Johnny Bench 291 Cincinnati Reds 3
Lee May 290 Houston Astros 4
Nate Colbert 286 San Diego Padres 5
Bobby Bonds 279 San Francisco Giants 6
Ted Simmons 276 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Willie Stargell 276 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Willie Davis 271 Los Angeles Dodgers 9
Pete Rose 269 Cincinnati Reds 10
Earl Williams 258 Atlanta Braves 11
Tony Perez 256 Cincinnati Reds 12
Greg Luzinski 255 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Jimmy Wynn 255 Houston Astros  
Bob Watson 254 Houston Astros 15
Al Oliver 247 Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Lou Brock 244 St. Louis Cardinals 17
Jose Cardenal 242 Chicago Cubs 18
Joe Morgan 240 Cincinnati Reds 19
Ralph Garr 238 Atlanta Braves 20
Doug Rader 235 Houston Astros 21
Bobby Tolan 233 Cincinnati Reds 22
Hank Aaron 231 Atlanta Braves 23
Joe Torre 228 St. Louis Cardinals 24
Ron Santo 226 Chicago Cubs 25



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?

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.
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