Total Bases : 1903 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:

"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)
 

1903 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ginger Beaumont 272 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Cy Seymour 267 Cincinnati Reds 2
Honus Wagner 265 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Mike Donlin 256 Cincinnati Reds 4
Jimmy Sheckard 245 Brooklyn Superbas 5
Fred Clarke 227 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Sam Mertes 226 New York Giants 7
Tommy Leach 222 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
George Browne 220 New York Giants 9
Harry Steinfeldt 211 Cincinnati Reds 10
Johnny Kling 210 Chicago Cubs 11
Duff Cooley 209 Boston Beaneaters 12
Jake Beckley 205 Cincinnati Reds 13
Jack Doyle 203 Brooklyn Superbas 14
Roger Bresnahan 200 New York Giants 15
Homer Smoot 198 St. Louis Cardinals 16
Frank Chance 194 Chicago Cubs 17
Jimmy Sebring 194 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jimmy Slagle 194 Chicago Cubs  
Claude Ritchey 193 Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Ed Gremminger 192 Boston Beaneaters 21
Shad Barry 189 Philadelphia Phillies 22
Harry Wolverton 189 Philadelphia Phillies  
John Farrell 185 St. Louis Cardinals 24
Bill Keister 178 Philadelphia Phillies 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.

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).