Bases on Balls : 1964 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1964 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Norm Siebern 106 Baltimore Orioles 1
Mickey Mantle 99 New York Yankees 2
Harmon Killebrew 93 Minnesota Twins 3
Bob Allison 92 Minnesota Twins 4
Wayne Causey 88 Kansas City Athletics 5
Jim Gentile 84 Kansas City Athletics 6
Rocky Colavito 83 Kansas City Athletics 7
Don Lock 79 Washington Senators 8
Dick McAuliffe 77 Detroit Tigers 9
Dick Howser 76 Cleveland Indians 10
Boog Powell 76 Baltimore Orioles  
Al Kaline 75 Detroit Tigers 12
Carl Yastrzemski 75 Boston Red Sox  
Ron Hansen 73 Chicago White Sox 14
Tom Tresh 73 New York Yankees  
Eddie Bressoud 72 Boston Red Sox 16
Jim Fregosi 72 Los Angeles Angels  
Norm Cash 70 Detroit Tigers 18
Floyd Robinson 70 Chicago White Sox  
Ed Charles 64 Kansas City Athletics 20
Roger Maris 62 New York Yankees 21
Chuck Hinton 57 Washington Senators 22
Leon Wagner 56 Cleveland Indians 23
Pete Ward 56 Chicago White Sox  
Jim King 55 Washington Senators 25



The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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).

Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.