Total Bases : 1951 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:

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1951 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ted Williams 295 Boston Red Sox 1
Gus Zernial 292 Chicago White Sox 2
Philadelphia Athletics  
Eddie Robinson 279 Chicago White Sox 3
Yogi Berra 269 New York Yankees 4
Dom DiMaggio 267 Boston Red Sox 5
Minnie Minoso 265 Cleveland Indians 6
Chicago White Sox  
Nellie Fox 257 Chicago White Sox 7
Al Rosen 256 Cleveland Indians 8
Vic Wertz 256 Detroit Tigers  
Eddie Joost 255 Philadelphia Athletics 10
Eddie Yost 241 Washington Senators 11
George Kell 239 Detroit Tigers 12
Luke Easter 234 Cleveland Indians 13
Mickey Vernon 231 Washington Senators 14
Gil Coan 229 Washington Senators 15
Larry Doby 229 Cleveland Indians  
Bobby Avila 222 Cleveland Indians 17
Ray Coleman 218 St. Louis Browns 18
Chicago White Sox  
Sam Mele 218 Washington Senators  
Dale Mitchell 216 Cleveland Indians 20
Jerry Priddy 210 Detroit Tigers 21
Irv Noren 209 Washington Senators 22
Billy Goodman 204 Boston Red Sox 23
Ferris Fain 200 Philadelphia Athletics 24
Elmer Valo 198 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.

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

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.