Total Bases : 1981 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1981 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mike Schmidt 228 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Andre Dawson 218 Montreal Expos 2
George Foster 215 Cincinnati Reds 3
Bill Buckner 202 Chicago Cubs 4
George Hendrick 191 St. Louis Cardinals 5
Dusty Baker 178 Los Angeles Dodgers 6
Jack Clark 177 San Francisco Giants 7
Steve Garvey 177 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Jose Cruz 174 Houston Astros 9
Keith Hernandez 174 St. Louis Cardinals  
Dave Concepcion 172 Cincinnati Reds 11
Pete Rose 168 Philadelphia Phillies 12
Gary Carter 166 Montreal Expos 13
Chris Chambliss 163 Atlanta Braves 14
Ken Griffey 162 Cincinnati Reds 15
Gary Matthews 162 Philadelphia Phillies  
Pedro Guerrero 161 Los Angeles Dodgers 17
Dave Kingman 161 New York Mets  
Luis Salazar 161 San Diego Padres  
Gene Richards 160 San Diego Padres 20
Omar Moreno 157 Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Leon Durham 151 Chicago Cubs 22
Larry Herndon 151 San Francisco Giants  
Warren Cromartie 150 Montreal Expos 24
Darrell Evans 149 San Francisco Giants 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.

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?

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.