Bases on Balls : 1976 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
 

1976 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jimmy Wynn 127 Atlanta Braves 1
Joe Morgan 114 Cincinnati Reds 2
Mike Schmidt 100 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Ron Cey 89 Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Pete Rose 86 Cincinnati Reds 5
Bobby Murcer 84 San Francisco Giants 6
Wayne Garrett 82 New York Mets 7
Montreal Expos  
Johnny Bench 81 Cincinnati Reds 8
Gary Matthews 75 San Francisco Giants 9
Ted Simmons 73 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Darrell Evans 72 Atlanta Braves 11
San Francisco Giants  
Johnny Grubb 65 San Diego Padres 12
John Milner 65 New York Mets  
Dave Winfield 65 San Diego Padres  
Greg Gross 64 Houston Astros 15
Bud Harrelson 63 New York Mets 16
Ken Griffey 62 Cincinnati Reds 17
Ken Henderson 62 Atlanta Braves  
Cliff Johnson 62 Houston Astros  
Bob Watson 62 Houston Astros  
Don Kessinger 61 St. Louis Cardinals 21
Pepe Mangual 60 Montreal Expos 22
New York Mets  
Rick Monday 60 Chicago Cubs  
Chris Speier 60 San Francisco Giants  
Joe Ferguson 57 Los Angeles Dodgers 25
St. Louis Cardinals  



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?

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.