Total Bases : 1927 American League Top 25

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"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)
 

1927 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Lou Gehrig 447 New York Yankees 1
Babe Ruth 417 New York Yankees 2
Earle Combs 331 New York Yankees 3
Harry Heilmann 311 Detroit Tigers 4
Goose Goslin 300 Washington Senators 5
Tony Lazzeri 275 New York Yankees 6
Bob Fothergill 272 Detroit Tigers 7
George Sisler 264 St. Louis Browns 8
Bob Meusel 263 New York Yankees 9
Heinie Manush 262 Detroit Tigers 10
Al Simmons 262 Philadelphia Athletics  
Bibb Falk 249 Chicago White Sox 12
Sam Rice 246 Washington Senators 13
Joe Sewell 241 Cleveland Indians 14
George Burns 239 Cleveland Indians 15
Ty Cobb 236 Philadelphia Athletics 16
Alex Metzler 233 Chicago White Sox 17
Tris Speaker 232 Washington Senators 18
Homer Summa 231 Cleveland Indians 19
Bill Barrett 224 Chicago White Sox 20
Charlie Gehringer 224 Detroit Tigers  
Ken Williams 222 St. Louis Browns 22
Bing Miller 221 St. Louis Browns 23
Joe Judge 218 Washington Senators 24
Mickey Cochrane 214 Philadelphia Athletics 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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.