Total Bases : 1964 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1964 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Tony Oliva 374 Minnesota Twins 1
Brooks Robinson 319 Baltimore Orioles 2
Harmon Killebrew 316 Minnesota Twins 3
Rocky Colavito 298 Kansas City Athletics 4
Dick Stuart 296 Boston Red Sox 5
Zoilo Versalles 284 Minnesota Twins 6
Leon Wagner 278 Cleveland Indians 7
Mickey Mantle 275 New York Yankees 8
Bob Allison 272 Minnesota Twins 9
Eddie Bressoud 258 Boston Red Sox 10
Boog Powell 257 Baltimore Orioles 11
Joe Pepitone 256 New York Yankees 12
Carl Yastrzemski 256 Boston Red Sox  
Pete Ward 255 Chicago White Sox 14
Elston Howard 250 New York Yankees 15
Al Kaline 246 Detroit Tigers 16
Jimmie Hall 245 Minnesota Twins 17
Rich Rollins 242 Minnesota Twins 18
Ron Hansen 241 Chicago White Sox 19
Bill Freehan 240 Detroit Tigers 20
Roger Maris 238 New York Yankees 21
Dick McAuliffe 238 Detroit Tigers  
Don Lock 236 Washington Senators 23
Felix Mantilla 235 Boston Red Sox 24
Jim Fregosi 234 Los Angeles Angels 25



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.

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 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?