Total Bases : 1979 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1979 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dave Winfield 333 San Diego Padres 1
Dave Parker 327 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Dave Kingman 326 Chicago Cubs 3
Steve Garvey 322 Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Gary Matthews 317 Atlanta Braves 5
Keith Hernandez 313 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Garry Templeton 308 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Mike Schmidt 305 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Larry Parrish 300 Montreal Expos 9
Andre Dawson 299 Montreal Expos 10
Davey Lopes 270 Los Angeles Dodgers 11
Pete Rose 270 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bob Horner 269 Atlanta Braves 13
Lee Mazzilli 268 New York Mets 14
Omar Moreno 265 Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Warren Cromartie 261 Montreal Expos 16
Bill Buckner 258 Chicago Cubs 17
Joel Youngblood 257 New York Mets 18
Dusty Baker 252 Los Angeles Dodgers 19
Jack Clark 251 San Francisco Giants 20
Ray Knight 250 Cincinnati Reds 21
Ellis Valentine 249 Montreal Expos 22
George Foster 247 Cincinnati Reds 23
Gary Carter 245 Montreal Expos 24
Dave Concepcion 245 Cincinnati Reds  



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.

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

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.