Total Bases : 1919 National League Top 25

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"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1919 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Hy Myers 223 Brooklyn Robins 1
Rogers Hornsby 220 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Zack Wheat 219 Brooklyn Robins 3
Edd Roush 217 Cincinnati Reds 4
George Burns 216 New York Giants 5
Irish Meusel 214 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Benny Kauff 207 New York Giants 7
Fred Luderus 206 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Ross Youngs 203 New York Giants 9
Ivy Olson 199 Brooklyn Robins 10
Heinie Groh 193 Cincinnati Reds 11
Ed Konetchy 190 Brooklyn Robins 12
Jake Daubert 188 Cincinnati Reds 13
Max Flack 184 Chicago Cubs 14
Rabbit Maranville 181 Boston Braves 15
Billy Southworth 181 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Tommy Griffith 180 Brooklyn Robins 17
Walter Holke 177 Boston Braves 18
Milt Stock 175 St. Louis Cardinals 19
Art Fletcher 174 New York Giants 20
Fred Merkle 174 Chicago Cubs  
Cy Williams 171 Philadelphia Phillies 22
Possum Whitted 169 Philadelphia Phillies 23
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Tony Boeckel 166 Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Boston Braves  
Larry Doyle 165 New York Giants 25



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).

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.