Get Your Bags Together Trivia Quiz

Hank Aaron played from 1954-1976, and finished with 6,856 career total bases, the most of all time when he retired, and after several decades, the record was still unmatched. Aaron retired as the all-time home run king with 755 despite ever hitting as many as 50 home runs in a season, demonstrating his sustained consistency year after year and cementing himself as one of the inner-circle Hall of Fame players.

Pujols spent 22 seasons in the Majors, most notably with the St. Louis Cardinals from 2001-2001, and his final season in 2022, where he established himself as a 10 time All-Star and three-time NL MVP. His 6,211 total bases was the second most ever when he retired.

Musial played from 1941-1963 but missed the 1945 season due to serving in the US Navy in World War II. Musial had 6,134 total bases for his career, which was the most ever at his retirement. Musial played his entire career with the St. Louis Cardinals, winning three NL MVPs, and playing a pivotal part in three World Series championships.

Mays played from 1951-1973, mostly with the New York/San Francisco Giants from 1951-1972. He was a two-time MVP (1954,1965) and produced 6,066 total bases over his career. Mays was known for his all-around production, with great speed, defense, and supreme offense. Mays hit 660 home runs with more than 1900 RBI.

Barry Bonds, whose father Bobby was an All-Star player in his own right, went on to have one of the most historic careers in baseball history. Barry had 5,976 total bases, which were hampered by how much he walked, since walks do not count for total bases. Bonds set a record with 2,558 walks, but also set records for most single-season home runs (73 in 2001) and most all-time home runs when he broke Aaron's record of 755 in 2007, finishing with 762.

Cobb played from 1905-1928, and set the career batting average record of .366, which well in to the 21st century was comfortably the highest of all time. He retired with 5,854 total bases, which was the most at the time of his retirement. Despite hitting only 117 home runs, Cobb finished with 1,944 RBI.

Cabrera played from 2003-2023, and compiled 5,368 total bases. He won two AL MVP awards in 2012 and 2013, including the first Triple Crown (leading the league in batting average, home runs and RBI) since 1967 when Carl Yastrzemski won it. Cabrera hit .330 with 44 home runs and 139 RBI that season. Cabrera finished his career with 511 home runs and 1881 RBI for his career.

Ken Griffey, Jr.'s father, Ken Griffey, was a star player in the 1970s and 80s, most notably with the Cincinnati Reds' "Big Red Machine" teams, which went to four World Series, winning two of them during the decade. Junior Griffey played from 1989-2010, having his best years with the Seattle Mariners from 1989-1999, winning the AL MVP in 1997 and being regarded as one of the premier players of the decade. Griffey finished with 5,271 total bases.

Mickey Mantle played from 1951-1968 all with the New York Yankees. He compiled 4,511 total bases while racking up three AL MVPs (1956, 1957, 1962) and being a part of seven World Series champions. His career was marred by injuries that kept him off the field and robbed him of his true potential, but he was still able to manage 563 home runs and over 1500 RBI in just over 8000 career at bats.

"Mr. Padre" Tony Gwynn spent his entire career with the San Diego Padres from 1982-2001. Gwynn won eight batting titles between 1984 and 1997, and compiled 4,259 total bases. He finished his career with a .338 batting average and 3149 hits.