Total Bases : 1923 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1923 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Babe Ruth 399 New York Yankees 1
Tris Speaker 350 Cleveland Indians 2
Ken Williams 346 St. Louis Browns 3
Harry Heilmann 331 Detroit Tigers 4
Jack Tobin 303 St. Louis Browns 5
Charlie Jamieson 288 Cleveland Indians 6
Marty McManus 280 St. Louis Browns 7
Goose Goslin 272 Washington Senators 8
Sam Rice 268 Washington Senators 9
Joe Sewell 265 Cleveland Indians 10
Ty Cobb 261 Detroit Tigers 11
George Burns 259 Boston Red Sox 12
Joe Hauser 255 Philadelphia Athletics 13
Joe Harris 251 Boston Red Sox 14
Baby Doll Jacobson 248 St. Louis Browns 15
Joe Dugan 247 New York Yankees 16
Whitey Witt 243 New York Yankees 17
Aaron Ward 239 New York Yankees 18
Harry Hooper 236 Chicago White Sox 19
Johnny Mostil 235 Chicago White Sox 20
Willie Kamm 234 Chicago White Sox 21
Eddie Collins 229 Chicago White Sox 22
Wally Pipp 226 New York Yankees 23
Bob Meusel 220 New York Yankees 24
Homer Summa 220 Cleveland Indians  



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.

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?