Total Bases : 1894 National League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1894 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Hugh Duffy 374 Boston Beaneaters 1
Bobby Lowe 319 Boston Beaneaters 2
Willie Keeler 305 Baltimore Orioles 3
Joe Kelley 305 Baltimore Orioles  
Jake Stenzel 303 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Sam Thompson 300 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Dan Brouthers 294 Baltimore Orioles 7
Billy Hamilton 287 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Ed Delahanty 286 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Bill Dahlen 284 Chicago Colts 10
Ed McKean 282 Cleveland Spiders 11
Walt Wilmot 281 Chicago Colts 12
Lave Cross 277 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Jake Beckley 276 Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Bug Holliday 267 Cincinnati Reds 15
Steve Brodie 266 Baltimore Orioles 16
Jesse Burkett 266 Cleveland Spiders  
Tommy McCarthy 264 Boston Beaneaters 18
Elmer Smith 263 Pittsburgh Pirates 19
George Davis 256 New York Giants 20
Roger Connor 255 New York Giants 21
St. Louis Browns  
Jimmy Bannon 254 Boston Beaneaters 22
Oyster Burns 254 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Tommy Corcoran 249 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 24
George Treadway 248 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 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?

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.

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).