Total Bases : 1973 American League Top 25

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1973 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Sal Bando 295 Oakland Athletics 1
Dave May 295 Milwaukee Brewers  
George Scott 295 Milwaukee Brewers  
Reggie Jackson 286 Oakland Athletics 4
Bobby Murcer 286 New York Yankees  
Amos Otis 282 Kansas City Royals 6
Rod Carew 273 Minnesota Twins 7
Frank Robinson 261 California Angels 8
Jeff Burroughs 256 Texas Rangers 9
Thurman Munson 253 New York Yankees 10
Carl Yastrzemski 250 Boston Red Sox 11
Buddy Bell 248 Cleveland Indians 12
Bill Melton 246 Chicago White Sox 13
Orlando Cepeda 244 Boston Red Sox 14
John Mayberry 244 Kansas City Royals  
Tommy Harper 239 Boston Red Sox 16
Roy White 239 New York Yankees  
Alex Johnson 235 Texas Rangers 18
Tony Oliva 234 Minnesota Twins 19
Mickey Stanley 231 Detroit Tigers 20
Larry Hisle 230 Minnesota Twins 21
Pedro Garcia 229 Milwaukee Brewers 22
Carlos May 228 Chicago White Sox 23
Gene Tenace 226 Oakland Athletics 24
Bobby Grich 225 Baltimore Orioles 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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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).