Top 25 Total Bases in 1890 in the American Association

Total Bases : 1890 American Association Top 25

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"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)

1890 Total Bases Leaders
Top 25 in the American Association

Name Total Bases Team Rank

Jimmy Wolf 260 Louisville Colonels 1

Tommy McCarthy 256 St. Louis Browns 2

Spud Johnson 248 Columbus Colts 3

Cupid Childs 237 Syracuse Stars 4

Perry Werden 227 Toledo Maumees 5

Farmer Weaver 215 Louisville Colonels 6

Ed Swartwood 205 Toledo Maumees 7

Hank Simon 199 Brooklyn Gladiators 8

Syracuse Stars

John Sneed 196 Toledo Maumees 9

Columbus Colts

Harry Lyons 194 Rochester Rochesters 10

Parson Nicholson 190 Toledo Maumees 11

Harry Taylor 190 Louisville Colonels

Jack O'Connor 188 Columbus Colts 13

Billy Alvord 186 Toledo Maumees 14

Charlie Reilly 182 Columbus Colts 15

Jimmy Knowles 181 Rochester Rochesters 16

Denny Lyons 180 Philadelphia Athletics 17

Mox McQuery 177 Syracuse Stars 18

Jack O'Brien 177 Philadelphia Athletics

Shorty Fuller 176 St. Louis Browns 20

Sandy Griffin 176 Rochester Rochesters

Bill Van Dyke 171 Toledo Maumees 22

Blondie Purcell 168 Philadelphia Athletics 23

Charlie Hamburg 167 Louisville Colonels 24

Tim Shinnick 167 Louisville Colonels

Name Total Bases Team Rank

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).

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?

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