Top 25 Total Bases in 1963 in the National League

Total Bases : 1963 National League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)

1963 Total Bases Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Total Bases Team Rank

Hank Aaron 370 Milwaukee Braves 1

Willie Mays 347 San Francisco Giants 2

Vada Pinson 335 Cincinnati Reds 3

Orlando Cepeda 326 San Francisco Giants 4

Bill White 323 St. Louis Cardinals 5

Willie McCovey 319 San Francisco Giants 6

Johnny Callison 314 Philadelphia Phillies 7

Billy Williams 304 Chicago Cubs 8

Ron Santo 303 Chicago Cubs 9

Dick Groat 284 St. Louis Cardinals 10

Roberto Clemente 282 Pittsburgh Pirates 11

Ken Boyer 280 St. Louis Cardinals 12

Felipe Alou 268 San Francisco Giants 13

Curt Flood 267 St. Louis Cardinals 14

Tommy Davis 254 Los Angeles Dodgers 15

Eddie Mathews 248 Milwaukee Braves 16

Donn Clendenon 242 Pittsburgh Pirates 17

Tony Gonzalez 242 Philadelphia Phillies

Tony Taylor 235 Philadelphia Phillies 19

Julian Javier 232 St. Louis Cardinals 20

Pete Rose 231 Cincinnati Reds 21

Don Demeter 223 Philadelphia Phillies 22

Frank Howard 216 Los Angeles Dodgers 23

Joe Torre 216 Milwaukee Braves

Frank Robinson 213 Cincinnati Reds 25

Name Total Bases Team Rank

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

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).

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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