Year by Year Leaders for Total Bases

Ever wonder who had the most total bases the year you were born? How about players from you favorite team — have they ever led the league in total bases?

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a year-by-year leaderboard in Major League total bases for every season since 1876. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.
"I just don't know what it would feel like to have a cold - I never had one." - Total Bases Leader (1904, 1907-1909) / Hall of Famer Honus Wagner



Hank Aaron had fifteen seasons where he collected more than three-hundred total bases, the most three-hundred total base seasons by any player — ever.

Did you know that Lou Gehrig had five seasons where he collected over four-hundred total bases, the most four-hundred total base seasons by any player — ever?

The 1921 mark of four-hundred fifty-seven total bases set by Babe Ruth is the Major League record for most total bases during a single season.
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