Top 25 Total Bases in 1952 in the National League

Total Bases : 1952 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1952 Total Bases Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Total Bases Team Rank

Stan Musial 311 St. Louis Cardinals 1

Hank Sauer 301 Chicago Cubs 2

Bobby Thomson 293 New York Giants 3

Del Ennis 281 Philadelphia Phillies 4

Duke Snider 264 Brooklyn Dodgers 5

Red Schoendienst 263 St. Louis Cardinals 6

Ralph Kiner 258 Pittsburgh Pirates 7

Granny Hamner 255 Philadelphia Phillies 8

Al Dark 254 New York Giants 9

Gil Hodges 254 Brooklyn Dodgers

Ted Kluszewski 253 Cincinnati Reds 11

Sid Gordon 252 Boston Braves 12

Solly Hemus 242 St. Louis Cardinals 13

Andy Pafko 242 Brooklyn Dodgers

Whitey Lockman 240 New York Giants 15

Jackie Robinson 237 Brooklyn Dodgers 16

Eddie Mathews 236 Boston Braves 17

Dee Fondy 235 Chicago Cubs 18

Bobby Adams 231 Cincinnati Reds 19

Enos Slaughter 227 St. Louis Cardinals 20

Richie Ashburn 219 Philadelphia Phillies 21

Sam Jethroe 217 Boston Braves 22

Roy Campanella 212 Brooklyn Dodgers 23

Connie Ryan 211 Philadelphia Phillies 24

Davey Williams 208 New York Giants 25

Name Total Bases Team Rank

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.

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 most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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