Total Bases : 1918 American League 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1918 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

George Burns 236 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Ty Cobb 217 Detroit Tigers 2
Frank Baker 206 New York Yankees 3
Tris Speaker 205 Cleveland Indians 4
George Sisler 199 St. Louis Browns 5
Bobby Veach 195 Detroit Tigers 6
Harry Hooper 192 Boston Red Sox 7
Babe Ruth 176 Boston Red Sox 8
Tilly Walker 175 Philadelphia Athletics 9
Clyde Milan 174 Washington Senators 10
Joe Judge 171 Washington Senators 11
Del Pratt 170 New York Yankees 12
Joe Wood 170 Cleveland Indians  
Larry Gardner 169 Philadelphia Athletics 14
Eddie Foster 166 Washington Senators 15
Burt Shotton 162 Washington Senators 16
Jack Tobin 162 St. Louis Browns  
Ray Chapman 157 Cleveland Indians 18
Braggo Roth 154 Cleveland Indians 19
Ray Demmitt 150 St. Louis Browns 20
Doc Lavan 150 Washington Senators  
Buck Weaver 148 Chicago White Sox 22
Chick Gandil 145 Chicago White Sox 23
Wally Pipp 145 New York Yankees  
Frank Gilhooley 144 New York Yankees 25



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.

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.

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?