Total Bases : 1884 American Association 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:

"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)
 

1884 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association

Dave Orr 247 New York Metropolitans 1
John Reilly 247 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Harry Stovey 244 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Charley Jones 222 Cincinnati Red Stockings 4
Pete Browning 211 Louisville Colonels 5
Dude Esterbrook 204 New York Metropolitans 6
Jimmy Wolf 201 Louisville Colonels 7
Sam Barkley 193 Toledo Blue Stockings 8
Sadie Houck 187 Philadelphia Athletics 9
Fred Corey 185 Philadelphia Athletics 10
Frank Fennelly 182 Washington Nationals 11
Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Chief Roseman 180 New York Metropolitans 12
Lon Knight 176 Philadelphia Athletics 13
Arlie Latham 174 St. Louis Browns 14
Joe Sommer 172 Baltimore Orioles 15
Pop Corkhill 171 Cincinnati Red Stockings 16
Fred Mann 170 Columbus Colts 17
Tom Brown 169 Columbus Colts 18
Bill Gleason 165 St. Louis Browns 19
Bid McPhee 162 Cincinnati Red Stockings 20
Pop Smith 162 Columbus Colts  
Dasher Troy 159 New York Metropolitans 22
Bill Kuehne 158 Columbus Colts 23
Jim Clinton 154 Baltimore Orioles 24
Hick Carpenter 153 Cincinnati Red Stockings 25



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

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?

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.