Total Bases : 1982 American League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1982 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Robin Yount 367 Milwaukee Brewers 1
Cecil Cooper 345 Milwaukee Brewers 2
Hal McRae 332 Kansas City Royals 3
Dwight Evans 325 Boston Red Sox 4
Doug DeCinces 315 California Angels 5
Eddie Murray 302 Baltimore Orioles 6
Dave Winfield 302 New York Yankees  
Brian Downing 300 California Angels 8
Paul Molitor 300 Milwaukee Brewers  
Gary Ward 296 Minnesota Twins 10
Toby Harrah 295 Cleveland Indians 11
Larry Herndon 295 Detroit Tigers  
Gorman Thomas 287 Milwaukee Brewers 13
Harold Baines 285 Chicago White Sox 14
Andre Thornton 285 Cleveland Indians  
Cal Ripken, Jr. 284 Baltimore Orioles 16
Jim Rice 283 Boston Red Sox 17
Reggie Jackson 282 California Angels 18
George Brett 279 Kansas City Royals 19
Ben Oglivie 273 Milwaukee Brewers 20
Al Cowens 266 Seattle Mariners 21
Greg Luzinski 263 Chicago White Sox 22
Don Baylor 258 California Angels 23
Kent Hrbek 258 Minnesota Twins  
Lance Parrish 257 Detroit Tigers 25



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

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.

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.