Total Bases : 1931 American League Top 25

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"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)
 

1931 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Lou Gehrig 410 New York Yankees 1
Babe Ruth 374 New York Yankees 2
Earl Averill 361 Cleveland Indians 3
Al Simmons 329 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Goose Goslin 328 St. Louis Browns 5
Earl Webb 311 Boston Red Sox 6
Red Kress 298 St. Louis Browns 7
Joe Cronin 293 Washington Senators 8
Jimmie Foxx 292 Philadelphia Athletics 9
Ben Chapman 290 New York Yankees 10
Joe Vosmik 274 Cleveland Indians 11
Roy Johnson 272 Detroit Tigers 12
John Stone 271 Detroit Tigers 13
Heinie Manush 270 Washington Senators 14
Mickey Cochrane 254 Philadelphia Athletics 15
Lyn Lary 254 New York Yankees  
Sam West 253 Washington Senators 17
Earle Combs 251 New York Yankees 18
Ski Melillo 251 St. Louis Browns  
Fred Schulte 241 St. Louis Browns 20
Buddy Myer 240 Washington Senators 21
Ed Morgan 236 Cleveland Indians 22
Lu Blue 235 Chicago White Sox 23
Lew Fonseca 235 Cleveland Indians  
Chicago White Sox  
Dale Alexander 230 Detroit Tigers 25



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).

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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.