Total Bases : 1937 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:

"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)
 

1937 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Joe DiMaggio 418 New York Yankees 1
Hank Greenberg 397 Detroit Tigers 2
Lou Gehrig 366 New York Yankees 3
Wally Moses 357 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Hal Trosky 329 Cleveland Indians 5
Beau Bell 327 St. Louis Browns 6
Gee Walker 317 Detroit Tigers 7
Moose Solters 314 Cleveland Indians 8
Harlond Clift 312 St. Louis Browns 9
Jimmie Foxx 306 Boston Red Sox 10
Bill Dickey 302 New York Yankees 11
Earl Averill 300 Cleveland Indians 12
Pete Fox 299 Detroit Tigers 13
Charlie Gehringer 293 Detroit Tigers 14
Buddy Lewis 284 Washington Senators 15
Joe Cronin 277 Boston Red Sox 16
Mike Kreevich 273 Chicago White Sox 17
Lyn Lary 271 Cleveland Indians 18
Joe Vosmik 270 St. Louis Browns 19
Dixie Walker 266 Chicago White Sox 20
Bob Johnson 265 Philadelphia Athletics 21
Rip Radcliff 260 Chicago White Sox 22
John Stone 260 Washington Senators  
Zeke Bonura 256 Chicago White Sox 24
Luke Appling 252 Chicago White 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.

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?

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.