Bases on Balls : 1984 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1984 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Gary Matthews 103 Chicago Cubs 1
Keith Hernandez 97 New York Mets 2
Mike Schmidt 92 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Tim Raines 87 Montreal Expos 4
Jason Thompson 87 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Dale Murphy 79 Atlanta Braves 6
Darryl Strawberry 75 New York Mets 7
Alan Wiggins 75 San Diego Padres  
Jose Cruz 73 Houston Astros 9
Lonnie Smith 70 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Leon Durham 69 Chicago Cubs 11
Carmelo Martinez 68 San Diego Padres 12
Bill Doran 66 Houston Astros 13
Gary Carter 64 Montreal Expos 14
Bob Dernier 63 Chicago Cubs 15
Andy Van Slyke 63 St. Louis Cardinals  
Ron Cey 61 Chicago Cubs 17
Gerald Perry 61 Atlanta Braves  
Darrell Porter 60 St. Louis Cardinals 19
Tony Gwynn 59 San Diego Padres 20
Von Hayes 59 Philadelphia Phillies  
Terry Puhl 59 Houston Astros  
Claudell Washington 59 Atlanta Braves  
Chris Chambliss 58 Atlanta Braves 24
Graig Nettles 58 San Diego Padres  



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.

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).