Saturday, August 23, 2025

800 Total Bases in two consecutive seasons.

The most Total Bases (TB) in one season: 457 by Babe Ruth in 1921. So to reach 800 TB in two consecutive seasons, the batter would need at least 343.

https://stathead.com/tiny/ICKL1

For single seasons, Playing in the AL or NL, in the regular season, requiring Total Bases >= 343, sorted by descending Total Bases.

322 records were put into a spreadsheet (800 TB consecutive years):

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSoD-p-4EXKRT1HcOICkwpDA0Vs5fxnz6fAi8IXqyC_7-RQwDTN911qACGSiExKSwqS_ftE_BYmLCHm/pubhtml

It has three tabs:

Answer: extracted from tab 343 TB

343 TB: sorted by player and season

400 TB: sorted by player and season

Here is the summary data in the Answer tab:

RkPlayerTBSeasonAgeTeamLgGPAABRH1B2B3BHR
54Babe Ruth388192025NYYAL1426174581581727336954
1Babe Ruth457192184526NYYAL15269354017720485441659
25Chuck Klein405192924PHINL14967961612621912545643
4Chuck Klein445193085025PHINL15672264815825014359840
5Jimmie Foxx438193224PHAAL15470258515121311333958
27Jimmie Foxx403193384125PHAAL14967057312520411037948
3Lou Gehrig447192724NYYAL155717584149218101521847
154Lou Gehrig364192881125NYYAL154678562139210123471327
10Lou Gehrig419193027NYYAL154703581143220120421741
18Lou Gehrig410193182928NYYAL155738619163211119311546
82Rogers Hornsby378192125STLNL154674592131235152441821
2Rogers Hornsby450192282826STLNL154704623141250148461442
15Sammy Sosa416199829CHCNL15972264313419811220066
37Sammy Sosa397199981330CHCNL1627126251141809124263
64Sammy Sosa383200031CHCNL15670560410619310438150
7Sammy Sosa425200180832CHCNL1607115771461898634564
6Stan Musial429194827STLNL155698611135230127461839
68Stan Musial382194981128STLNL157722612128207117411336
24Todd Helton405200026COLNL16069758013821611359242
29Todd Helton402200180727COLNL1596975871321979254249

Eight players, including Gehrig and Sosa twice each.

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