Bases on Balls : 1971 National 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1971 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Willie Mays 112 San Francisco Giants 1
Bob Bailey 97 Montreal Expos 2
Dick Dietz 97 San Francisco Giants  
Dick Allen 93 Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Joe Morgan 88 Houston Astros 5
Ken Henderson 84 San Francisco Giants 6
Willie Stargell 83 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Ron Fairly 81 Montreal Expos 8
Ron Santo 79 Chicago Cubs 9
Billy Williams 77 Chicago Cubs 10
Lou Brock 76 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Rusty Staub 74 Montreal Expos 12
Deron Johnson 72 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Hank Aaron 71 Atlanta Braves 14
Pete Rose 68 Cincinnati Reds 15
Willie Montanez 67 Philadelphia Phillies 16
Willie McCovey 64 San Francisco Giants 17
Nate Colbert 63 San Diego Padres 18
Wes Parker 63 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Joe Torre 63 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bobby Bonds 62 San Francisco Giants 21
Ken Singleton 61 New York Mets 22
Bob Robertson 60 Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Denis Menke 59 Houston Astros 24
Joe Hague 58 St. Louis Cardinals 25



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.

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.