Bases on Balls : 1960 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1960 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Eddie Yost 125 Detroit Tigers 1
Mickey Mantle 111 New York Yankees 2
Bob Allison 92 Washington Senators 3
Gene Woodling 84 Baltimore Orioles 4
Jim Landis 80 Chicago White Sox 5
Ted Williams 75 Boston Red Sox 6
Roy Sievers 74 Chicago White Sox 7
Norm Siebern 72 Kansas City Athletics 8
Harmon Killebrew 71 Washington Senators 9
Pete Runnels 71 Boston Red Sox  
Roger Maris 70 New York Yankees 11
Ron Hansen 69 Baltimore Orioles 12
Jim Gentile 68 Baltimore Orioles 13
Tito Francona 67 Cleveland Indians 14
Jim Lemon 67 Washington Senators  
Bill Tuttle 66 Kansas City Athletics 16
Norm Cash 65 Detroit Tigers 17
Al Kaline 65 Detroit Tigers  
Don Buddin 62 Boston Red Sox 19
Willie Tasby 60 Baltimore Orioles 20
Boston Red Sox  
Charlie Maxwell 58 Detroit Tigers 21
Harvey Kuenn 55 Cleveland Indians 22
Ken Aspromonte 53 Washington Senators 23
Cleveland Indians  
Rocky Colavito 53 Detroit Tigers  
Minnie Minoso 52 Chicago White Sox 25



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).

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.