Total Bases : 1926 National League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1926 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jim Bottomley 305 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Les Bell 301 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Hack Wilson 285 Chicago Cubs 3
Paul Waner 283 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Kiki Cuyler 282 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Edd Roush 260 Cincinnati Reds 6
Curt Walker 257 Cincinnati Reds 7
Eddie Brown 254 Boston Braves 8
Billy Southworth 252 New York Giants 9
St. Louis Cardinals  
Pie Traynor 250 Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Babe Herman 248 Brooklyn Robins 11
Rogers Hornsby 244 St. Louis Cardinals 12
Freddy Leach 238 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Wally Pipp 237 Cincinnati Reds 14
Sparky Adams 234 Chicago Cubs 15
Freddie Lindstrom 228 New York Giants 16
Hughie Critz 225 Cincinnati Reds 17
Frankie Frisch 223 New York Giants 18
George Kelly 222 New York Giants 19
George Grantham 220 Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Bob O'Farrell 213 St. Louis Cardinals 21
Charlie Grimm 211 Chicago Cubs 22
Cliff Heathcote 210 Chicago Cubs 23
Glenn Wright 210 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Heinie Sand 206 Philadelphia Phillies 25



The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.

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.