Total Bases : 1901 American League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1901 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League
Nap Lajoie 350 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Jimmy Collins 279 Boston Americans 2
John Anderson 274 Milwaukee Brewers 3
Buck Freeman 255 Boston Americans 4
Jimmy Williams 248 Baltimore Orioles 5
Sam Dungan 232 Washington Senators 6
Mike Donlin 226 Baltimore Orioles 7
Socks Seybold 226 Philadelphia Athletics  
Chick Stahl 226 Boston Americans  
Irv Waldron 226 Milwaukee Brewers  
Washington Senators  
Harry Davis 224 Philadelphia Athletics 11
Ducky Holmes 218 Detroit Tigers 12
Erve Beck 216 Cleveland Blues 13
Sam Mertes 216 Chicago White Stockings  
John Farrell 214 Washington Senators 15
Bill Keister 213 Baltimore Orioles 16
Dummy Hoy 211 Chicago White Stockings 17
Freddy Parent 211 Boston Americans  
Candy LaChance 209 Cleveland Blues 19
Bill Bradley 208 Cleveland Blues 20
Ollie Pickering 206 Cleveland Blues 21
Jimmy Barrett 205 Detroit Tigers 22
Fred Hartman 204 Chicago White Stockings 23
Cy Seymour 204 Baltimore Orioles  
Bill Coughlin 200 Washington Senators 25



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?

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.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.
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