Total Bases : 1962 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1962 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Rocky Colavito 309 Detroit Tigers 1
Brooks Robinson 308 Baltimore Orioles 2
Leon Wagner 306 Los Angeles Angels 3
Carl Yastrzemski 303 Boston Red Sox 4
Harmon Killebrew 301 Minnesota Twins 5
Norm Siebern 297 Kansas City Athletics 6
Roger Maris 286 New York Yankees 7
Floyd Robinson 285 Chicago White Sox 8
Bobby Richardson 281 New York Yankees 9
Jerry Lumpe 277 Kansas City Athletics 10
Tom Tresh 274 New York Yankees 11
Lee Thomas 272 Los Angeles Angels 12
Billy Moran 268 Los Angeles Angels 13
Rich Rollins 267 Minnesota Twins 14
Eddie Bressoud 266 Boston Red Sox 15
Bob Allison 265 Minnesota Twins 16
Frank Malzone 264 Boston Red Sox 17
Norm Cash 260 Detroit Tigers 18
Jim Gentile 259 Baltimore Orioles 19
Vic Power 257 Minnesota Twins 20
Chuck Hinton 256 Washington Senators 21
Pete Runnels 256 Boston Red Sox  
Tito Francona 249 Cleveland Indians 23
Lenny Green 249 Minnesota Twins  
Ed Charles 243 Kansas City Athletics 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).

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.

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.