Total Bases : 1978 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)
 

1978 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dave Parker 340 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
George Foster 330 Cincinnati Reds 2
Steve Garvey 319 Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Jack Clark 318 San Francisco Giants 4
Dave Winfield 293 San Diego Padres 5
Greg Luzinski 284 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Ellis Valentine 279 Montreal Expos 7
Pete Rose 276 Cincinnati Reds 8
Andre Dawson 269 Montreal Expos 9
Ted Simmons 264 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Enos Cabell 263 Houston Astros 11
Jose Cruz 260 Houston Astros 12
Jeff Burroughs 258 Atlanta Braves 13
Ken Griffey 256 Cincinnati Reds 14
Warren Cromartie 254 Montreal Expos 15
Ron Cey 251 Los Angeles Dodgers 16
Reggie Smith 250 Los Angeles Dodgers 17
Davey Lopes 247 Los Angeles Dodgers 18
Garry Maddox 245 Philadelphia Phillies 19
Tony Perez 244 Montreal Expos 20
Garry Templeton 244 St. Louis Cardinals  
Larry Bowa 242 Philadelphia Phillies 22
Willie Montanez 239 New York Mets 23
Larry Parrish 236 Montreal Expos 24
Steve Henderson 234 New York Mets 25



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?

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.