Total Bases : 1942 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 key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1942 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Enos Slaughter 292 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Johnny Mize 282 New York Giants 2
Bill Nicholson 280 Chicago Cubs 3
Mel Ott 273 New York Giants 4
Dolph Camilli 247 Brooklyn Dodgers 5
Bob Elliott 233 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Danny Litwhiler 230 Philadelphia Phillies 7
Stan Musial 229 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Stan Hack 226 Chicago Cubs 9
Joe Medwick 223 Brooklyn Dodgers 10
Pete Reiser 222 Brooklyn Dodgers 11
Frank McCormick 219 Cincinnati Reds 12
Lou Novikoff 201 Chicago Cubs 13
Nanny Fernandez 200 Boston Braves 14
Elbie Fletcher 199 Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Tommy Holmes 199 Boston Braves  
Jimmy Brown 194 St. Louis Cardinals 17
Vince DiMaggio 191 Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Bert Haas 191 Cincinnati Reds  
Terry Moore 191 St. Louis Cardinals  
Walker Cooper 190 St. Louis Cardinals 21
Billy Herman 190 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Mickey Witek 190 New York Giants  
Pee Wee Reese 187 Brooklyn Dodgers 24
Max Marshall 185 Cincinnati Reds 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.

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.

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.