Top 25 Total Bases in 1997 in the National League

Total Bases : 1997 National League Top 25

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"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)

1997 Total Bases Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Total Bases Team Rank

Larry Walker 409 Colorado Rockies 1

Mike Piazza 355 Los Angeles Dodgers 2

Andres Galarraga 351 Colorado Rockies 3

Jeff Bagwell 335 Houston Astros 4

Vinny Castilla 335 Colorado Rockies

Raul Mondesi 333 Los Angeles Dodgers 6

Tony Gwynn 324 San Diego Padres 7

Barry Bonds 311 San Francisco Giants 8

Craig Biggio 310 Houston Astros 9

Sammy Sosa 308 Chicago Cubs 10

Eric Karros 288 Los Angeles Dodgers 11

Dante Bichette 286 Colorado Rockies 12

Chipper Jones 286 Atlanta Braves

Rondell White 283 Montreal Expos 14

Jeff Kent 274 San Francisco Giants 15

Ray Lankford 272 St. Louis Cardinals 16

J.T. Snow 271 San Francisco Giants 17

Mike Lansing 270 Montreal Expos 18

Steve Finley 266 San Diego Padres 19

Moises Alou 265 Florida Marlins 20

Todd Zeile 264 Los Angeles Dodgers 21

Bobby Bonilla 263 Florida Marlins 22

Scott Rolen 263 Philadelphia Phillies

Mark Grace 258 Chicago Cubs 24

Delino DeShields 256 St. Louis Cardinals 25

Name Total Bases Team Rank

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.

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

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?

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