Top 25 Bases on Balls in 1984 in the American League

Bases on Balls : 1984 American League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)

1984 Bases on Balls Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

Eddie Murray 107 Baltimore Orioles 1

Alvin Davis 97 Seattle Mariners 2

Dwight Evans 96 Boston Red Sox 3

Andre Thornton 91 Cleveland Indians 4

Wade Boggs 89 Boston Red Sox 5

Brett Butler 86 Cleveland Indians 6

Rickey Henderson 86 Oakland Athletics

Willie Randolph 86 New York Yankees

Lloyd Moseby 78 Toronto Blue Jays 9

Darrell Evans 77 Detroit Tigers 10

Fred Lynn 77 California Angels

Tim Teufel 76 Minnesota Twins 12

Dwayne Murphy 74 Oakland Athletics 13

Cal Ripken, Jr. 71 Baltimore Orioles 14

Brian Downing 70 California Angels 15

Wayne Gross 68 Baltimore Orioles 16

Robin Yount 67 Milwaukee Brewers 17

Joe Morgan 66 Oakland Athletics 18

Kent Hrbek 65 Minnesota Twins 19

Butch Wynegar 65 New York Yankees

Buddy Bell 63 Texas Rangers 21

Kirk Gibson 63 Detroit Tigers

Lou Whitaker 62 Detroit Tigers 23

Ken Phelps 61 Seattle Mariners 24

Gary Pettis 60 California Angels 25

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

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

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.

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?

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