Total Bases : 1998 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1998 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Sammy Sosa 416 Chicago Cubs 1
Mark McGwire 383 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Vinny Castilla 380 Colorado Rockies 3
Vladimir Guerrero 367 Montreal Expos 4
Greg Vaughn 342 San Diego Padres 5
Moises Alou 340 Houston Astros 6
Dante Bichette 337 Colorado Rockies 7
Barry Bonds 336 San Francisco Giants 8
Andres Galarraga 330 Atlanta Braves 9
Chipper Jones 329 Atlanta Braves 10
Craig Biggio 325 Houston Astros 11
Mike Piazza 320 Los Angeles Dodgers 12
Florida Marlins  
New York Mets  
Scott Rolen 320 Philadelphia Phillies  
Derek Bell 309 Houston Astros 14
John Olerud 307 New York Mets 15
Jeromy Burnitz 304 Milwaukee Brewers 16
Jeff Bagwell 301 Houston Astros 17
Brian Jordan 301 St. Louis Cardinals  
Andruw Jones 300 Atlanta Braves 19
Jeff Kent 292 San Francisco Giants 20
Ray Lankford 288 St. Louis Cardinals 21
Raul Mondesi 288 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Larry Walker 286 Colorado Rockies 23
Kevin Young 285 Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Cliff Floyd 283 Florida Marlins 25



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.

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).