Total Bases : 1878 National 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
 

1878 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Paul Hines 125 Providence Grays 1
Joe Start 125 Chicago White Stockings  
Tom York 125 Providence Grays  
Orator Shafer 121 Indianapolis Browns 4
Dick Higham 117 Providence Grays 5
Charley Jones 115 Cincinnati Reds 6
Abner Dalrymple 114 Milwaukee Cream Citys 7
Lew Brown 110 Providence Grays 8
Cal McVey 107 Cincinnati Reds 9
Cap Anson 105 Chicago White Stockings 10
Bob Ferguson 105 Chicago White Stockings  
Jim O'Rourke 105 Boston Red Caps  
John Clapp 94 Indianapolis Browns 13
Jack Burdock 88 Boston Red Caps 14
Joe Gerhardt 88 Cincinnati Reds  
Deacon White 87 Cincinnati Reds 16
Andy Leonard 86 Boston Red Caps 17
John Peters 84 Milwaukee Cream Citys 18
Bill Harbridge 83 Chicago White Stockings 19
Terry Larkin 82 Chicago White Stockings 20
Frank Hankinson 81 Chicago White Stockings 21
Will Foley 80 Milwaukee Cream Citys 22
John Cassidy 77 Chicago White Stockings 23
Tom Carey 76 Providence Grays 24
King Kelly 76 Cincinnati Reds  



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.

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).