Total Bases : 1933 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1933 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jimmie Foxx 403 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Lou Gehrig 359 New York Yankees 2
Heinie Manush 302 Washington Senators 3
Charlie Gehringer 294 Detroit Tigers 4
Al Simmons 291 Chicago White Sox 5
Earl Averill 284 Cleveland Indians 6
Joe Kuhel 281 Washington Senators 7
Pinky Higgins 275 Philadelphia Athletics 8
Luke Appling 271 Chicago White Sox 9
Bob Johnson 270 Philadelphia Athletics 10
Joe Cronin 268 Washington Senators 11
Babe Ruth 267 New York Yankees 12
Doc Cramer 262 Philadelphia Athletics 13
Bruce Campbell 259 St. Louis Browns 14
Tony Lazzeri 254 New York Yankees 15
John Stone 249 Detroit Tigers 16
Goose Goslin 248 Washington Senators 17
Ben Chapman 247 New York Yankees 18
Billy Rogell 237 Detroit Tigers 19
Sam West 237 St. Louis Browns  
Bill Dickey 234 New York Yankees 21
Jack Burns 232 St. Louis Browns 22
Buddy Myer 231 Washington Senators 23
Pete Fox 227 Detroit Tigers 24
Roy Johnson 225 Boston Red Sox 25



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?

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.

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).