Bases on Balls : 1980 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
 

1980 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Willie Randolph 119 New York Yankees 1
Rickey Henderson 117 Oakland Athletics 2
Mike Hargrove 111 Cleveland Indians 3
Dwayne Murphy 102 Oakland Athletics 4
Toby Harrah 98 Cleveland Indians 5
Ken Singleton 92 Baltimore Orioles 6
Bobby Grich 84 California Angels 7
Reggie Jackson 83 New York Yankees 8
Jason Thompson 83 Detroit Tigers  
California Angels  
Al Bumbry 78 Baltimore Orioles 10
John Mayberry 77 Toronto Blue Jays 11
Lou Whitaker 73 Detroit Tigers 12
Bruce Bochte 72 Seattle Mariners 13
Chet Lemon 71 Chicago White Sox 14
Jorge Orta 71 Cleveland Indians  
Steve Kemp 69 Detroit Tigers 16
Darrell Porter 69 Kansas City Royals  
Alan Trammell 69 Detroit Tigers  
John Wockenfuss 68 Detroit Tigers 19
Roy Smalley 65 Minnesota Twins 20
Willie Aikens 64 Kansas City Royals 21
Dwight Evans 64 Boston Red Sox  
Jim Sundberg 64 Texas Rangers  
Rick Manning 63 Cleveland Indians 24
Butch Wynegar 63 Minnesota Twins  



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.

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.