Total Bases : 1916 National League Top 25

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"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1916 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Zack Wheat 262 Brooklyn Robins 1
Dave Robertson 250 New York Giants 2
Hal Chase 249 Cincinnati Reds 3
Bill Hinchman 237 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
George Burns 229 New York Giants 5
Benny Kauff 225 New York Giants 6
Max Carey 224 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Dode Paskert 223 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Rogers Hornsby 220 St. Louis Cardinals 9
Heinie Zimmerman 214 Chicago Cubs 10
New York Giants  
Ed Konetchy 211 Boston Braves 11
Possum Whitted 210 Philadelphia Phillies 12
Heinie Groh 207 Cincinnati Reds 13
Tommy Griffith 206 Cincinnati Reds 14
Gavvy Cravath 197 Philadelphia Phillies 15
Rabbit Maranville 196 Boston Braves 16
Casey Stengel 196 Brooklyn Robins  
Bert Niehoff 195 Philadelphia Phillies 18
Larry Doyle 193 New York Giants 19
Chicago Cubs  
Art Fletcher 191 New York Giants 20
Bob Bescher 190 St. Louis Cardinals 21
Jake Daubert 190 Brooklyn Robins  
Fred Luderus 190 Philadelphia Phillies  
Buck Herzog 187 Cincinnati Reds 24
New York Giants  
George Cutshaw 186 Brooklyn Robins 25



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).

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.