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Major League Baseball: Most Total Bases All Time
Hank Aaron (and Friend) Collecting Four Bases with His 715th Home Run
Barry Bonds may have (“very suspiciously”) overtaken Hank Aaron on the all-time home run list, but Hammerin’ Hank still holds onto another very impressive power record, and one that might be unbreakable (without pharmaceutical aid).
Aaron has collected the most total bases in baseball history, and by a lot – over 700 more than second-place Stan “The Man” Musial.
Total bases literally adds up all the bases accumulated by the hitter via singles (one base), doubles (two bases), triples (three bases) and home runs (four bases). Aaron, Musial and Willie Mays are the only players with over 6,000 total bases to their credit.
It looks like the 5,000-total bases mark is an indicator of a player’s Hall-of-Fame worthiness.
Every one of the top 20 players with the most total bases below is in the Hall of Fame except Bonds (alleged steroid use), Rose (banned due to gambling), Alex Rodriguez (active, alleged steroid use), Rafael Palmeiro (alleged steroid use) and Ken Griffey, Jr. (eligible in 2015).
Pete Rose and Ty Cobb are the only players to record over 3,000 singles alone. That sure helped their total bases campaign, as neither were sluggers.
Follow @VinGetz| PLAYER | TOTAL BASES | BATS | SINGLES | DOUBLES (X2) | TRIPLES (X3) | HRS (X4) | |
| 1. | Hank Aaron | 6,856 | R | 2,294 | 624 | 98 | 755 |
| 2. | Stan Musial | 6,134 | L | 2,253 | 725 | 177 | 475 |
| 3. | Willie Mays | 6,066 | R | 1,960 | 523 | 140 | 660 |
| 4. | Barry Bonds | 5,976 | L | 1,495 | 601 | 77 | 762 |
| 5. | Ty Cobb | 5,854 | L | 3,053 | 724 | 295 | 117 |
| 6. | Babe Ruth | 5,793 | L | 1,517 | 506 | 136 | 714 |
| 7. | Pete Rose | 5,752 | B | 3,215 | 746 | 135 | 160 |
| 8. | Carl Yastrzemski | 5,539 | L | 2,262 | 646 | 59 | 452 |
| 9. | Alex Rodriguez | 5,414 | R | 1,712 | 512 | 30 | 647 |
| 10. | Eddie Murray | 5,397 | B | 2,156 | 560 | 35 | 504 |
| 11. | Rafael Palmeiro | 5,388 | L | 1,828 | 585 | 38 | 569 |
| 12. | Frank Robinson | 5,373 | R | 1,757 | 528 | 72 | 586 |
| 13. | Ken Griffey, Jr. |
5,271 | L | 1,589 | 524 | 38 | 630 |
| 14. | Dave Winfield | 5,221 | R | 2,017 | 540 | 88 | 465 |
| 15. | Cal Ripken | 5,168 | R | 2,106 | 603 | 44 | 431 |
| 16. | Tris Speaker | 5,101 | L | 2,383 | 792 | 222 | 117 |
| 17. | Lou Gehrig | 5,060 | L | 1,531 | 534 | 163 | 493 |
| 18. | George Brett | 5,044 | L | 2,035 | 665 | 137 | 317 |
| 19. | Mel Ott | 5,041 | L | 1,805 | 488 | 72 | 511 |
| 20. | Jimmie Foxx | 4,956 | R | 1,529 | 458 | 125 | 534 |
Thanks to baseball-reference.com.
Photo: espn.com
Ichiro Suzuki and the Top 20 Baseball Players with the Most Hits in a Season
Ichiro Suzuki After His 258th Hit, Breaking George Sisler’s 84-Year Old Single-Season Hits Record
Ichiro Suzuki holds the all-time single season hit record. In 2004, Ichiro broke George Sisler‘s 84-year old record of 257 hits in one season. Suzuki got him by five more.
Ichiro appears three times on the below list of the top 20 players with the most hits in a season. Sisler, twice.
Most of these amazing hitters made their mark pre-1930: 13 of the 20.
Then, in 1977 Rod Carew hit 239. He was followed by Wade Boggs and Don Mattingly in the 1980s. Three of the purest hitters the game has ever seen, I might add.
Ichiro makes up three of the final four slots. He’s joined by one-off Darin Erstad who out of nowhere had 240 hits in 2000. Hmm.
Lotta lefties. Hmm again.
Follow @VinGetz| PLAYER | HITS | BATS | YEAR | TEAM | |
| 1. | Ichiro Suzuki | 262 | L | 2004 | Seattle Mariners |
| 2. | George Sisler | 257 | L | 1920 | St. Louis Browns |
| 3. | Lefty O’Doul | 254 | L | 1929 | Philadelphia Phillies |
| 3. | Bill Terry | 254 | L | 1930 | New York Giants |
| 5. | Al Simmons | 253 | R | 1925 | Philadelphia Athletics |
| 6. | Rogers Hornsby | 250 | R | 1922 | St. Louis Cardinals |
| 6. | Chuck Klein | 250 | L | 1930 | Philadelphia Phillies |
| 8. | Ty Cobb | 248 | L | 1911 | Detroit Tigers |
| 9. | George Sisler | 246 | L | 1922 | St. Louis Browns |
| 10. | Ichiro Suzuki | 242 | L | 2001 | Seattle Mariners |
| 11. | Babe Herman | 241 | L | 1930 | Brooklyn Robins |
| 11. | Heinie Manush | 241 | L | 1928 | St. Louis Browns |
| 13. | Wade Boggs | 240 | L | 1985 | Boston Red Sox |
| 13. | Jesse Burkett | 240 | L | 1896 | Cleveland Spiders |
| 13. | Darin Erstad | 240 | L | 2000 | Anaheim Angels |
| 16. | Rod Carew | 239 | L | 1977 | Minnesota Twins |
| 16. | Willie Keeler | 239 | L | 1897 | Baltimore Orioles (def.) |
| 18. | Ed Delahanty | 238 | R | 1899 | Philadelphia Phillies |
| 18. | Don Mattingly | 238 | L | 1986 | New York Yankees |
| 18. | Ichiro Suzuki | 238 | L | 2007 | Seattle Mariners |
Photo: seattlepi.com
