Total bases

In baseball statistics, total bases refers to the number of bases a player has gained with hits, i.e. the sum of his/her hits weighted by 1 for a single, 2 for a double, 3 for a triple and 4 for a home run.

Only bases attained from hits count toward this total. Total bases can be calculated from commonly used baseball statistics by using the formula $TB\; =\; 1B\; +\; 2\; x\; 2B\; +\; 3\; x\; 3B\; +\; 4\; x\; HR$. Singles (1B) can be represented as $1B\; =\; H\; -\; 2B\; -\; 3B\; -\; HR$ which, when combined with the given TB formula, allows for the reduced formula found at the top of the page.

Leaders

All-Time Total Bases Leaders (through games of September 30, 2008) Active players in bold.
Rank	Player Name	Total Bases
1	Hank Aaron	6,856
2	Stan Musial	6,134
3	Willie Mays	6,066
4	Barry Bonds	5,976
5	Ty Cobb	5,854
6	Babe Ruth	5,793
7	Pete Rose	5,752
8	Carl Yastrzemski	5,539
9	Eddie Murray	5,397
10	Rafael Palmeiro	5,388
11	Frank Robinson	5,373
12	Dave Winfield	5,221
13	Cal Ripken, Jr.	5,168
14	Tris Speaker	5,101
15	"'Ken Griffey, Jr.	5,092
16	Lou Gehrig	5,060
17	George Brett	5,044
18	Mel Ott	5,041
19	Jimmie Foxx	4,956
20	Ted Williams	4,884
21	Honus Wagner	4,862
22	Paul Molitor	4,854
23	Al Kaline	4,852
24	Reggie Jackson	4,834
25	Andre Dawson	4,787
26	Robin Yount	4,730
27	Rogers Hornsby	4,712
28	Craig Biggio	4,711
29	Ernie Banks	4,706
30	Sammy Sosa	4,704
31	Al Simmons	4,685
32	Gary Sheffield	4,616
33	Harold Baines	4,604
34	Billy Williams	4,599
35	Rickey Henderson	4,588
36	Cap Anson	4,574
37	Frank Thomas	4,550
38	Alex Rodriguez	4,543
39	Tony Perez	4,532
40	Manny Ramirez	4,516
41	Mickey Mantle	4,511
42	Roberto Clemente	4,492
43	Paul Waner	4,478
44	Nap Lajoie	4,474
45	Fred McGriff	4,458
46	Dave Parker	4,405
47	Mike Schmidt	4,404
48	Luis Gonzalez	4,385
49	Eddie Mathews	4,349
50	Sam Crawford	4,328
51	Goose Goslin	4,325
52	Brooks Robinson	4,270
53	Eddie Collins	4,268
54	Vada Pinson	4,264
55	Tony Gwynn	4,259
56	Charlie Gehringer	4,257
57	Jeff Kent	4,246
58	Lou Brock	4,238
59	Darrell Evans	4,230
60	Willie McCovey	4,219
61	Jeff Bagwell	4,213
62	Willie Stargell	4,190
63	Rusty Staub	4,185
64	Steve Finley	4,157
65	Jake Beckley	4,150
66	Harmon Killebrew	4,143
67	Jim Rice	4,129
68	Jim Thome	4,116
69	Ivan Rodriguez	4,110
70	Zach Wheat	4,100
71	Al Oliver	4,083
72	Wade Boggs	4,064
73	Harry Heilmann	4,053
74	Andres Galarraga	4,038
75	Chipper Jones	4,020
76	Roberto Alomar	4,018

Closest active players to 4,000 Total bases

ee also related lists

*Baseball statistics
*List_of_top_500_Major_League_Baseball_home_run_hitters
*List of lifetime home run leaders through history
*List of Major League Baseball home run champions
*500 home run club
*List of Major League Baseball players with 3000 hits and 500 home runs
*List of Major League Baseball players with 3000 hits and 300 home runs
*MLB players with 2,000 hits
*MLB players with 400 doubles
*MLB players with 100 triples
*MLB players with 1,000 runs
*MLB players with 1,000 RBI
*MLB players with 300 stolen bases
*List of Top 100 MLB leaders in base on balls (walks)
*Top 15, and List of active Major League Baseball players in the Top 50 in strikeouts
*List of Major League Baseball players with a .400 on-base percentage
*List of Major League Baseball players with a .500 slugging percentage
*List of Major League Baseball players with a .900 on-base plus slugging
*List of Major League Baseball leaders in games started
*List of Major League Baseball leaders in games finished
*List of Major League Baseball leaders in career wins
*300 win club
*Top 100 Major League Baseball strikeout pitchers
*3000 strikeout club
*List of 300-save club and Blown saves
*List of_Major League Baseball all-time saves leaders

Other

*Slugging average
*Bases Advanced Percentage

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/TB_career.shtml Baseball.reference.com - Career Leaders & Records for Total Bases]
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?page=stats/glossary ESPN's MLB Statistics Glossary]