Total Bases : 1989 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1989 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ruben Sierra 344 Texas Rangers 1
Robin Yount 314 Milwaukee Brewers 2
Joe Carter 303 Cleveland Indians 3
Don Mattingly 301 New York Yankees 4
Kirby Puckett 295 Minnesota Twins 5
Fred McGriff 289 Toronto Blue Jays 6
Nick Esasky 282 Boston Red Sox 7
George Bell 281 Toronto Blue Jays 8
Wade Boggs 279 Boston Red Sox 9
Ivan Calderon 272 Chicago White Sox 10
Paul Molitor 270 Milwaukee Brewers 11
Cal Ripken, Jr. 259 Baltimore Orioles 12
Mike Greenwell 256 Boston Red Sox 13
Bo Jackson 255 Kansas City Royals 14
Julio Franco 253 Texas Rangers 15
Steve Sax 252 New York Yankees 16
Wally Joyner 249 California Angels 17
Alvin Davis 247 Seattle Mariners 18
Chili Davis 244 California Angels 19
Kelly Gruber 244 Toronto Blue Jays  
Dwight Evans 241 Boston Red Sox 21
Dave Parker 239 Oakland Athletics 22
Jeffrey Leonard 238 Seattle Mariners 23
Devon White 236 California Angels 24
Harold Baines 235 Chicago White Sox 25
Texas Rangers  



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?

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

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.