Total Bases : 2005 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)
 

2005 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Mark Teixeira 370 Texas Rangers 1
Alex Rodriguez 369 New York Yankees 2
David Ortiz 363 Boston Red Sox 3
Michael Young 343 Texas Rangers 4
Miguel Tejada 337 Baltimore Orioles 5
Manny Ramirez 329 Boston Red Sox 6
Alfonso Soriano 326 Texas Rangers 7
Hideki Matsui 312 New York Yankees 8
Grady Sizemore 310 Cleveland Indians 9
Paul Konerko 307 Chicago White Sox 10
Carl Crawford 302 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 11
Richie Sexson 302 Seattle Mariners  
Gary Sheffield 299 New York Yankees 13
Jorge Cantu 297 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 14
Ichiro Suzuki 296 Seattle Mariners 15
Vladimir Guerrero 294 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 16
Derek Jeter 294 New York Yankees  
Eric Chavez 291 Oakland Athletics 18
Travis Hafner 289 Cleveland Indians 19
Brian Roberts 289 Baltimore Orioles  
Vernon Wells 287 Toronto Blue Jays 21
Melvin Mora 281 Baltimore Orioles 22
Hank Blalock 279 Texas Rangers 23
Coco Crisp 276 Cleveland Indians 24
Johnny Damon 274 Boston Red Sox 25



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.

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?