Total Bases : 1883 National League Top 25

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1883 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dan Brouthers 243 Buffalo Bisons 1
John Morrill 212 Boston Beaneaters 2
Roger Connor 207 New York Gothams 3
Ezra Sutton 201 Boston Beaneaters 4
Joe Hornung 199 Boston Beaneaters 5
George Wood 196 Detroit Wolverines 6
Jim O'Rourke 191 Buffalo Bisons 7
Jack Burdock 190 Boston Beaneaters 8
George Gore 185 Chicago White Stockings 9
Paul Hines 184 Providence Grays 10
Jack Farrell 183 Providence Grays 11
Buck Ewing 181 New York Gothams 12
Fred Dunlap 179 Cleveland Blues 13
Pete Gillespie 179 New York Gothams  
Jim Whitney 177 Boston Beaneaters 15
Charlie Bennett 176 Detroit Wolverines 16
Tom Burns 176 Chicago White Stockings  
Ned Williamson 176 Chicago White Stockings  
Hardy Richardson 175 Buffalo Bisons 19
Jerry Denny 174 Providence Grays 20
Cap Anson 173 Chicago White Stockings 21
King Kelly 166 Chicago White Stockings 22
Sam Wise 161 Boston Beaneaters 23
Jack Manning 153 Philadelphia Phillies 24
Arthur Irwin 152 Providence Grays 25



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.

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.