Total Bases : 1981 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:

"The key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1981 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mike Schmidt 228 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Andre Dawson 218 Montreal Expos 2
George Foster 215 Cincinnati Reds 3
Bill Buckner 202 Chicago Cubs 4
George Hendrick 191 St. Louis Cardinals 5
Dusty Baker 178 Los Angeles Dodgers 6
Jack Clark 177 San Francisco Giants 7
Steve Garvey 177 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Jose Cruz 174 Houston Astros 9
Keith Hernandez 174 St. Louis Cardinals  
Dave Concepcion 172 Cincinnati Reds 11
Pete Rose 168 Philadelphia Phillies 12
Gary Carter 166 Montreal Expos 13
Chris Chambliss 163 Atlanta Braves 14
Ken Griffey 162 Cincinnati Reds 15
Gary Matthews 162 Philadelphia Phillies  
Pedro Guerrero 161 Los Angeles Dodgers 17
Dave Kingman 161 New York Mets  
Luis Salazar 161 San Diego Padres  
Gene Richards 160 San Diego Padres 20
Omar Moreno 157 Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Leon Durham 151 Chicago Cubs 22
Larry Herndon 151 San Francisco Giants  
Warren Cromartie 150 Montreal Expos 24
Darrell Evans 149 San Francisco Giants 25



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.

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.