Total Bases : 1940 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1940 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Johnny Mize 368 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Frank McCormick 298 Cincinnati Reds 2
Joe Medwick 280 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Brooklyn Dodgers  
Dolph Camilli 271 Brooklyn Dodgers 4
Arky Vaughan 269 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Stan Hack 265 Chicago Cubs 6
Bill Nicholson 262 Chicago Cubs 7
Chet Ross 262 Boston Bees  
Enos Slaughter 260 St. Louis Cardinals 9
Terry Moore 255 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Mel Ott 245 New York Giants 11
Babe Young 245 New York Giants  
Bill Werber 243 Cincinnati Reds 13
Dixie Walker 242 Brooklyn Dodgers 14
Harry Danning 238 New York Giants 15
Eddie Miller 238 Boston Bees  
Johnny Rizzo 238 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Cincinnati Reds  
Philadelphia Phillies  
Bob Elliott 232 Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Maurice Van Robays 230 Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Jim Gleeson 228 Chicago Cubs 20
Elbie Fletcher 223 Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Hank Leiber 212 Chicago Cubs 22
Billy Herman 210 Chicago Cubs 23
Lonny Frey 209 Cincinnati Reds 24
Jo-Jo Moore 209 New York Giants  



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.

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.