Bases on Balls : 1977 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1977 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Toby Harrah 109 Texas Rangers 1
Ken Singleton 107 Baltimore Orioles 2
Mike Hargrove 103 Texas Rangers 3
Wayne Gross 86 Oakland Athletics 4
John Mayberry 83 Kansas City Royals 5
Steve Braun 80 Seattle Mariners 6
Mitchell Page 78 Oakland Athletics 7
Sal Bando 75 Milwaukee Brewers 8
Carlton Fisk 75 Boston Red Sox  
Roy White 75 New York Yankees  
Bobby Bonds 74 California Angels 11
Reggie Jackson 74 New York Yankees  
Roy Smalley 74 Minnesota Twins  
Jason Thompson 73 Detroit Tigers 14
Carl Yastrzemski 73 Boston Red Sox  
Steve Kemp 71 Detroit Tigers 16
Amos Otis 71 Kansas City Royals  
Andre Thornton 70 Cleveland Indians 18
Rod Carew 69 Minnesota Twins 19
Graig Nettles 68 New York Yankees 20
Butch Wynegar 68 Minnesota Twins  
Otto Velez 65 Toronto Blue Jays 22
Bump Wills 65 Texas Rangers  
Doug DeCinces 64 Baltimore Orioles 24
Jim Norris 64 Cleveland Indians  



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.

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).

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.