Total Bases : 1996 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
 

1996 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Alex Rodriguez 379 Seattle Mariners 1
Albert Belle 375 Cleveland Indians 2
Mo Vaughn 370 Boston Red Sox 3
Brady Anderson 369 Baltimore Orioles 4
Juan Gonzalez 348 Texas Rangers 5
Ken Griffey, Jr. 342 Seattle Mariners 6
Rafael Palmeiro 342 Baltimore Orioles  
Frank Thomas 330 Chicago White Sox 8
Manny Ramirez 320 Cleveland Indians 9
Jay Buhner 314 Seattle Mariners 10
Geronimo Berroa 312 Oakland Athletics 11
Roberto Alomar 310 Baltimore Orioles 12
Mark McGwire 309 Oakland Athletics 13
Paul Molitor 309 Minnesota Twins  
Jim Thome 309 Cleveland Indians  
Dean Palmer 307 Texas Rangers 16
Robin Ventura 305 Chicago White Sox 17
Ivan Rodriguez 302 Texas Rangers 18
Chuck Knoblauch 299 Minnesota Twins 19
Cal Ripken, Jr. 298 Baltimore Orioles 20
Joe Carter 297 Toronto Blue Jays 21
Edgar Martinez 297 Seattle Mariners  
John Jaha 295 Milwaukee Brewers 23
Kenny Lofton 295 Cleveland Indians  
Bernie Williams 295 New York Yankees  



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.

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).

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?