Total Bases : 1983 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)
 

1983 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Andre Dawson 341 Montreal Expos 1
Dale Murphy 318 Atlanta Braves 2
Pedro Guerrero 310 Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Dickie Thon 283 Houston Astros 4
Mike Schmidt 280 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Jose Cruz 275 Houston Astros 6
Bill Buckner 273 Chicago Cubs 7
Darrell Evans 270 San Francisco Giants 8
Ron Cey 267 Chicago Cubs 9
Tim Raines 264 Montreal Expos 10
George Hendrick 261 St. Louis Cardinals 11
George Foster 252 New York Mets 12
Al Oliver 252 Montreal Expos  
Tim Wallach 252 Montreal Expos  
Jody Davis 245 Chicago Cubs 15
Keith Moreland 245 Chicago Cubs  
Gary Carter 240 Montreal Expos 17
Terry Kennedy 238 San Diego Padres 18
Jeffrey Leonard 238 San Francisco Giants  
Tony Pena 236 Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Mookie Wilson 234 New York Mets 21
Keith Hernandez 233 St. Louis Cardinals 22
New York Mets  
Johnny Ray 230 Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Rafael Ramirez 229 Atlanta Braves 24
Dave Parker 227 Pittsburgh Pirates 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.

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?