Total Bases : 2000 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

2000 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Carlos Delgado 378 Toronto Blue Jays 1
Darin Erstad 366 Anaheim Angels 2
Frank Thomas 364 Chicago White Sox 3
Troy Glaus 340 Anaheim Angels 4
Jermaine Dye 337 Kansas City Royals 5
Garret Anderson 336 Anaheim Angels 6
Alex Rodriguez 336 Seattle Mariners  
Jason Giambi 330 Oakland Athletics 8
Johnny Damon 324 Kansas City Royals 9
Mike Sweeney 323 Kansas City Royals 10
Tony Batista 322 Toronto Blue Jays 11
Edgar Martinez 322 Seattle Mariners  
Bobby Higginson 321 Detroit Tigers 13
Magglio Ordonez 321 Chicago White Sox  
Nomar Garciaparra 317 Boston Red Sox 15
Rafael Palmeiro 315 Texas Rangers 16
Tim Salmon 307 Anaheim Angels 17
David Justice 306 Cleveland Indians 18
New York Yankees  
Manny Ramirez 306 Cleveland Indians  
Mo Vaughn 306 Anaheim Angels  
Bernie Williams 304 New York Yankees 21
Shannon Stewart 302 Toronto Blue Jays 22
Travis Fryman 296 Cleveland Indians 23
Jim Thome 296 Cleveland Indians  
David Segui 293 Texas Rangers 25
Cleveland Indians  



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?

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