Bases on Balls : 1991 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
 

1991 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Frank Thomas 138 Chicago White Sox 1
Mickey Tettleton 101 Detroit Tigers 2
Rickey Henderson 98 Oakland Athletics 3
Jack Clark 96 Boston Red Sox 4
Chili Davis 95 Minnesota Twins 5
Mark McGwire 93 Oakland Athletics 6
Lou Whitaker 90 Detroit Tigers 7
Wade Boggs 89 Boston Red Sox 8
Rob Deer 89 Detroit Tigers  
Edgar Martinez 84 Seattle Mariners 10
Randy Milligan 84 Baltimore Orioles  
Kevin Maas 83 New York Yankees 12
Tim Raines 83 Chicago White Sox  
Robin Ventura 80 Chicago White Sox 14
Tony Phillips 79 Detroit Tigers 15
Jose Canseco 78 Oakland Athletics 16
Cecil Fielder 78 Detroit Tigers  
Paul Molitor 77 Milwaukee Brewers 18
Willie Randolph 75 Milwaukee Brewers 19
Harold Baines 72 Oakland Athletics 20
Harold Reynolds 72 Seattle Mariners  
Ken Griffey, Jr. 71 Seattle Mariners 22
Kirk Gibson 69 Kansas City Royals 23
John Olerud 68 Toronto Blue Jays 24
Rafael Palmeiro 68 Texas Rangers  



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.

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.

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