Total Bases : 1999 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1999 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Sammy Sosa 397 Chicago Cubs 1
Vladimir Guerrero 366 Montreal Expos 2
Mark McGwire 363 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Chipper Jones 359 Atlanta Braves 4
Todd Helton 339 Colorado Rockies 5
Luis Gonzalez 337 Arizona Diamondbacks 6
Matt Williams 336 Arizona Diamondbacks 7
Jeff Bagwell 332 Houston Astros 8
Jay Bell 328 Arizona Diamondbacks 9
Dante Bichette 321 Colorado Rockies 10
Sean Casey 320 Cincinnati Reds 11
Brian Giles 320 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Eric Karros 318 Los Angeles Dodgers 13
Edgardo Alfonzo 315 New York Mets 14
Robin Ventura 311 New York Mets 15
Larry Walker 311 Colorado Rockies  
Steve Finley 310 Arizona Diamondbacks 17
Mike Piazza 307 New York Mets 18
Kevin Young 305 Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Bobby Abreu 300 Philadelphia Phillies 20
Fernando Tatis 297 St. Louis Cardinals 21
Vinny Castilla 294 Colorado Rockies 22
Greg Vaughn 294 Cincinnati Reds  
Craig Biggio 292 Houston Astros 24
Raul Mondesi 290 Los Angeles Dodgers 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.

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.

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).