Total Bases : 2003 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:

"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)
 

2003 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Vernon Wells 373 Toronto Blue Jays 1
Alex Rodriguez 364 Texas Rangers 2
Alfonso Soriano 358 New York Yankees 3
Aubrey Huff 353 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 4
Garret Anderson 345 Anaheim Angels 5
Nomar Garciaparra 345 Boston Red Sox  
Carlos Delgado 338 Toronto Blue Jays 7
Manny Ramirez 334 Boston Red Sox 8
Bret Boone 333 Seattle Mariners 9
Magglio Ordonez 331 Chicago White Sox 10
Carlos Lee 311 Chicago White Sox 11
Frank Thomas 307 Chicago White Sox 12
Eric Chavez 302 Oakland Athletics 13
Dmitri Young 302 Detroit Tigers  
Miguel Tejada 300 Oakland Athletics 15
Michael Young 297 Texas Rangers 16
Hank Blalock 296 Texas Rangers 17
Ichiro Suzuki 296 Seattle Mariners  
Jay Gibbons 285 Baltimore Orioles 19
Rafael Palmeiro 285 Texas Rangers  
Bill Mueller 283 Boston Red Sox 21
Jason Giambi 282 New York Yankees 22
Raul Ibanez 276 Kansas City Royals 23
Carlos Beltran 272 Kansas City Royals 24
Hideki Matsui 271 New York Yankees 25



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?

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.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.