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League by League Totals for Total Bases

Ever wonder which league had the most total bases during any given season? This is a comprehensive breakdown of both leagues showing the total number of total bases in each league and a major league total for every season since 1901.

"The wind had been blowing in all night and maybe it was a freak because when I came to bat, the flag in center field was still." - Joe Adcock on the at-bat which broke up the Harvey Haddix perfect game

Total Bases League By League Totals
American League	National League	A.L. + N.L.	Year
14,153	13,576	27,729	1901
14,023	12,158	26,181	1902
12,890	13,247	26,137	1903
13,308	13,207	26,515	1904
12,740	13,670	26,410	1905
12,864	12,307	25,171	1906
12,678	12,145	24,823	1907
12,327	12,278	24,605	1908
12,344	12,751	25,095	1909
12,824	13,726	26,550	1910
14,738	14,629	29,367	1911
14,226	15,203	29,429	1912
13,404	14,626	28,030	1913
13,160	13,651	26,811	1914
13,128	13,514	26,642	1915
13,223	13,488	26,711	1916
13,017	13,564	26,581	1917
10,814	11,069	21,883	1918
13,410	12,573	25,983	1919
16,253	15,051	31,304	1920
17,477	16,825	34,302	1921
16,814	17,404	34,218	1922
16,314	17,050	33,364	1923
16,759	16,631	33,390	1924
17,349	17,751	35,100	1925
16,352	16,198	32,550	1926
16,822	16,352	33,174	1927
16,726	16,788	33,514	1928
17,182	18,321	35,503	1929
18,040	19,572	37,612	1930
17,287	16,614	33,901	1931
17,562	17,341	34,903	1932
16,639	15,410	32,049	1933
17,134	16,938	34,072	1934
17,284	17,004	34,288	1935
18,427	16,957	35,384	1936
17,968	16,301	34,269	1937
17,630	16,004	33,634	1938
17,357	16,320	33,677	1939
17,516	16,158	33,674	1940
16,776	15,440	32,216	1941
14,981	14,331	29,312	1942
14,407	14,756	29,163	1943
15,088	15,590	30,678	1944
14,382	15,569	29,951	1945
15,381	14,964	30,345	1946
15,308	16,566	31,874	1947
16,088	16,165	32,253	1948
15,787	16,617	32,404	1949
17,068	17,010	34,078	1950
16,154	16,640	32,794	1951
15,466	15,651	31,117	1952
16,232	17,538	33,770	1953
15,646	17,106	32,752	1954
15,935	16,998	32,933	1955
16,548	16,776	33,324	1956
16,052	17,159	33,211	1957
15,969	17,074	33,043	1958
16,118	16,928	33,046	1959
16,215	16,361	32,576	1960
21,673	17,066	38,739	1961
21,762	21,781	43,543	1962
20,894	19,941	40,835	1963
21,065	20,680	41,745	1964
20,075	20,714	40,789	1965
19,937	21,259	41,196	1966
19,036	19,991	39,027	1967
18,221	18,737	36,958	1968
24,208	24,268	48,476	1969
24,880	26,051	50,931	1970
23,537	24,146	47,683	1971
21,168	23,012	44,180	1972
25,281	24,839	50,120	1973
24,533	24,283	48,816	1974
24,776	24,398	49,174	1975
23,708	23,767	47,475	1976
31,307	26,443	57,750	1977
29,393	24,209	53,602	1978
31,325	25,432	56,757	1979
31,085	24,817	55,902	1980
18,931	15,887	34,818	1981
31,337	24,695	56,032	1982
31,179	24,696	55,875	1983
30,990	24,348	55,338	1984
31,334	24,603	55,937	1985
31,563	24,977	56,540	1986
33,111	26,743	59,854	1987
30,078	23,772	53,850	1988
29,550	24,035	53,585	1989
29,767	25,257	55,024	1990
30,640	24,354	54,994	1991
29,702	24,209	53,911	1992
31,598	30,909	62,507	1993
23,959	22,829	46,778	1994
29,686	28,138	57,824	1995
35,195	31,708	66,903	1996
33,517	31,644	65,161	1997
33,826	36,402	70,228	1998
34,311	38,202	72,513	1999
34,825	38,306	73,131	2000
33,450	37,372	70,922	2001
32,995	35,996	68,991	2002
33,484	37,189	70,673	2003
34,106	37,484	71,590	2004
33,193	36,488	69,681	2005
34,293	37,977	72,270	2006
33,102	37,819	70,921	2007
32,812	36,580	69,392	2008
33,370	35,915	69,285	2009
31,510	35,101	66,611	2010
31,644	34,474	66,118	2011
31,826	35,154	66,980	2012
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American League	National League	A.L. + N.L.	Year
League By League Total Base Totals

Did you know that 1993 was the first season where the Major League total broke 60,000 total bases. Did you know five short years later it broke 70,000?

During the 1921 season Babe Ruth had four-hundred fifty-seven total bases setting the Major League record for most total bases during a single season.

On July 31, 1954, Joe Adcock set a Major League record when he had 18 total bases during a game — one double and four home runs. Nearly 50 years later Shawn Green set a new Major League standard when he went 6-for-6 at the plate on May 24, 2002, racking up 19 total bases — one single, one double and four home runs.

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