Total Bases : 1939 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)
 

1939 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ted Williams 344 Boston Red Sox 1
Jimmie Foxx 324 Boston Red Sox 2
Red Rolfe 321 New York Yankees 3
George McQuinn 318 St. Louis Browns 4
Hank Greenberg 311 Detroit Tigers 5
Joe DiMaggio 310 New York Yankees 6
Bob Johnson 301 Philadelphia Athletics 7
Joe Gordon 287 New York Yankees 8
Ken Keltner 287 Cleveland Indians  
Gee Walker 265 Chicago White Sox 10
Hal Trosky 264 Cleveland Indians 11
Barney McCosky 263 Detroit Tigers 12
Jim Tabor 258 Boston Red Sox 13
Joe Cronin 256 Boston Red Sox 14
Buddy Lewis 256 Washington Senators  
Joe Kuhel 251 Chicago White Sox 16
Bill Dickey 246 New York Yankees 17
Mike Kreevich 236 Chicago White Sox 18
Bobby Doerr 235 Boston Red Sox 19
Ben Chapman 225 Cleveland Indians 20
Doc Cramer 225 Boston Red Sox  
Charlie Gehringer 221 Detroit Tigers 22
Frankie Hayes 220 Philadelphia Athletics 23
Frankie Crosetti 218 New York Yankees 24
Taffy Wright 217 Washington Senators 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.

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

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.