Top 25 Bases on Balls in 1980 in the National League

Bases on Balls : 1980 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1980 Bases on Balls Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

Dan Driessen 93 Cincinnati Reds 1

Joe Morgan 93 Houston Astros

Gene Tenace 92 San Diego Padres 3

Mike Schmidt 89 Philadelphia Phillies 4

Keith Hernandez 86 St. Louis Cardinals 5

Darrell Evans 83 San Francisco Giants 6

Lee Mazzilli 82 New York Mets 7

Billy North 81 San Francisco Giants 8

Dave Winfield 79 San Diego Padres 9

George Foster 75 Cincinnati Reds 10

Jack Clark 74 San Francisco Giants 11

Ozzie Smith 71 San Diego Padres 12

Rodney Scott 70 Montreal Expos 13

Ron Cey 69 Los Angeles Dodgers 14

Cesar Cedeno 66 Houston Astros 15

Pete Rose 66 Philadelphia Phillies

Ken Griffey 62 Cincinnati Reds 17

Steve Henderson 62 New York Mets

Ron LeFlore 62 Montreal Expos

Gene Richards 61 San Diego Padres 20

Jose Cruz 60 Houston Astros 21

Ivan DeJesus 60 Chicago Cubs

Greg Luzinski 60 Philadelphia Phillies

Terry Puhl 60 Houston Astros

Dale Murphy 59 Atlanta Braves 25

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

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.

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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