Total Bases : 1890 Players 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1890 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the Players League

Billy Shindle 282 Philadelphia Quakers 1
Hugh Duffy 280 Chicago Pirates 2
Jake Beckley 276 Pittsburgh Burghers 3
Hardy Richardson 274 Boston Red Stockings 4
Roger Connor 265 New York Giants 5
Pete Browning 255 Cleveland Infants 6
Lou Bierbauer 254 Brooklyn Wonders 7
Dave Orr 248 Brooklyn Wonders 8
Jim O'Rourke 246 New York Giants 9
Henry Larkin 244 Cleveland Infants 10
John Ward 239 Brooklyn Wonders 11
Tip O'Neill 235 Chicago Pirates 12
Jocko Fields 233 Pittsburgh Burghers 13
George Wood 231 Philadelphia Quakers 14
Harry Stovey 227 Boston Red Stockings 15
Jimmy Ryan 225 Chicago Pirates 16
Joe Mulvey 223 Philadelphia Quakers 17
Sam Wise 217 Buffalo Bisons 18
Ed Delahanty 214 Cleveland Infants 19
Tom Brown 212 Boston Red Stockings 20
Ed Beecher 210 Buffalo Bisons 21
Dan Brouthers 209 Boston Red Stockings 22
Joe Quinn 209 Boston Red Stockings  
Joe Visner 207 Pittsburgh Burghers 24
George Gore 199 New York Giants 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.

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?

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