Total Bases : 1981 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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1981 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Dwight Evans 215 Boston Red Sox 1
Tony Armas 211 Oakland Athletics 2
Cecil Cooper 206 Milwaukee Brewers 3
Tom Paciorek 206 Seattle Mariners  
Eddie Murray 202 Baltimore Orioles 5
Jim Rice 199 Boston Red Sox 6
Bobby Grich 191 California Angels 7
Rickey Henderson 185 Oakland Athletics 8
Greg Luzinski 180 Chicago White Sox 9
Dave Winfield 180 New York Yankees  
Gorman Thomas 179 Milwaukee Brewers 11
Carney Lansford 175 Boston Red Sox 12
Al Oliver 173 Texas Rangers 13
Richie Zisk 173 Seattle Mariners  
George Brett 168 Kansas City Royals 15
Dan Ford 165 California Angels 16
Don Baylor 161 California Angels 17
Chet Lemon 161 Chicago White Sox  
Willie Aikens 160 Kansas City Royals 19
Rick Burleson 160 California Angels  
Willie Wilson 160 Kansas City Royals  
Dwayne Murphy 159 Oakland Athletics 22
Ben Oglivie 158 Milwaukee Brewers 23
Ken Singleton 158 Baltimore Orioles  
Robin Yount 158 Milwaukee Brewers  



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

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?

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.