Top 25 Total Bases in 1998 in the American League

Total Bases : 1998 American League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)

1998 Total Bases Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Total Bases Team Rank

Albert Belle 399 Chicago White Sox 1

Ken Griffey, Jr. 387 Seattle Mariners 2

Alex Rodriguez 384 Seattle Mariners 3

Juan Gonzalez 382 Texas Rangers 4

Mo Vaughn 360 Boston Red Sox 5

Nomar Garciaparra 353 Boston Red Sox 6

Rafael Palmeiro 350 Baltimore Orioles 7

Manny Ramirez 342 Cleveland Indians 8

Shawn Green 321 Toronto Blue Jays 9

Tony Clark 314 Detroit Tigers 10

Carlos Delgado 314 Toronto Blue Jays

Edgar Martinez 314 Seattle Mariners

Paul O'Neill 307 New York Yankees 13

Jim Edmonds 303 Anaheim Angels 14

Jose Canseco 302 Toronto Blue Jays 15

Derek Jeter 301 New York Yankees 16

Ivan Rodriguez 297 Texas Rangers 17

Bobby Higginson 294 Detroit Tigers 18

Dean Palmer 292 Kansas City Royals 19

Ray Durham 289 Chicago White Sox 20

Bernie Williams 287 New York Yankees 21

Troy O'Leary 286 Boston Red Sox 22

Damion Easley 284 Detroit Tigers 23

Garret Anderson 283 Anaheim Angels 24

Johnny Damon 282 Kansas City Royals 25

Name Total Bases Team Rank

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.

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?

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