Total Bases : 1884 Union Association Top 25

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"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)
 

1884 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the Union Association

Fred Dunlap 279 St. Louis Maroons 1
Orator Shafer 234 St. Louis Maroons 2
Dave Rowe 208 St. Louis Maroons 3
Ed Crane 193 Boston Unions 4
Emmett Seery 192 Baltimore Monumentals 5
Kansas City Unions  
Harry Moore 191 Washington Nationals 6
Tom O'Brien 177 Boston Unions 7
Jack Gleason 174 St. Louis Maroons 8
Jumbo Schoeneck 165 Chicago Browns 9
Pittsburgh Stogies  
Baltimore Monumentals  
Dick Burns 160 Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 10
Yank Robinson 149 Baltimore Monumentals 11
Jerry McCormick 146 Philadelphia Keystones 12
Washington Nationals  
Joe Quinn 139 St. Louis Maroons 13
John Irwin 138 Boston Unions 14
Buster Hoover 136 Philadelphia Keystones 15
Phil Baker 132 Washington Nationals 16
Dick Phelan 127 Baltimore Monumentals 17
Bill Hawes 124 Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 18
Lou Say 124 Baltimore Monumentals  
Kansas City Unions  
Lou Sylvester 124 Cincinnati Outlaw Reds  
Walter Hackett 123 Boston Unions 21
Bill Harbridge 123 Cincinnati Outlaw Reds  
Charlie Levis 122 Baltimore Monumentals 23
Washington Nationals  
Eddie Fusselback 111 Baltimore Monumentals 24
Joe Ellick 108 Chicago Browns 25
Pittsburgh Stogies  
Kansas City Unions  
Baltimore Monumentals  



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?

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.

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).