Total Bases : 1921 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1921 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Babe Ruth 457 New York Yankees 1
Harry Heilmann 365 Detroit Tigers 2
Bob Meusel 334 New York Yankees 3
Jack Tobin 327 St. Louis Browns 4
George Sisler 326 St. Louis Browns 5
Bobby Veach 324 Detroit Tigers 6
Ken Williams 307 St. Louis Browns 7
Ty Cobb 302 Detroit Tigers 8
Baby Doll Jacobson 292 St. Louis Browns 9
Tilly Walker 280 Philadelphia Athletics 10
Jimmy Dykes 274 Philadelphia Athletics 11
Tris Speaker 272 Cleveland Indians 12
Whitey Witt 263 Philadelphia Athletics 13
Sam Rice 262 Washington Senators 14
Larry Gardner 256 Cleveland Indians 15
Joe Judge 256 Washington Senators  
Joe Sewell 254 Cleveland Indians 17
Wally Pipp 251 New York Yankees 18
Howie Shanks 251 Washington Senators  
Lu Blue 250 Detroit Tigers 20
Earl Sheely 241 Chicago White Sox 21
Del Pratt 240 Boston Red Sox 22
Bibb Falk 235 Chicago White Sox 23
Aaron Ward 235 New York Yankees  
Stuffy McInnis 230 Boston Red Sox 25



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.

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?