Total Bases : 1975 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)
 

1975 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

George Scott 318 Milwaukee Brewers 1
Reggie Jackson 303 Oakland Athletics 2
John Mayberry 303 Kansas City Royals  
Fred Lynn 299 Boston Red Sox 4
George Brett 289 Kansas City Royals 5
Jim Rice 277 Boston Red Sox 6
Bobby Bonds 271 New York Yankees 7
Rod Carew 266 Minnesota Twins 8
Ken Singleton 266 Baltimore Orioles  
Willie Horton 259 Detroit Tigers 10
Don Baylor 256 Baltimore Orioles 11
Thurman Munson 256 New York Yankees  
Graig Nettles 250 New York Yankees 13
Claudell Washington 250 Oakland Athletics  
Lee May 246 Baltimore Orioles 15
Chris Chambliss 244 New York Yankees 16
Jorge Orta 244 Chicago White Sox  
George Hendrick 242 Cleveland Indians 18
Jeff Burroughs 239 Texas Rangers 19
Toby Harrah 239 Texas Rangers  
Roy White 239 New York Yankees  
Joe Rudi 231 Oakland Athletics 22
Gene Tenace 231 Oakland Athletics  
Boog Powell 228 Cleveland Indians 24
Mickey Rivers 221 California Angels 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.

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.