Bases on Balls : 1985 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1985 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dale Murphy 90 Atlanta Braves 1
Carmelo Martinez 87 San Diego Padres 2
Mike Schmidt 87 Philadelphia Phillies  
Vance Law 86 Montreal Expos 4
Pete Rose 86 Cincinnati Reds  
Jason Thompson 84 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Jack Clark 83 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Pedro Guerrero 83 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Tim Raines 81 Montreal Expos 9
Tom Herr 80 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Keith Hernandez 77 New York Mets 11
Mike Scioscia 77 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Darryl Strawberry 73 New York Mets 13
Graig Nettles 72 San Diego Padres 14
Bill Doran 71 Houston Astros 15
Gary Carter 69 New York Mets 16
Keith Moreland 68 Chicago Cubs 17
Mark Bailey 67 Houston Astros 18
Ozzie Smith 65 St. Louis Cardinals 19
Leon Durham 64 Chicago Cubs 20
Chili Davis 62 San Francisco Giants 21
Von Hayes 61 Philadelphia Phillies 22
Eddie Milner 61 Cincinnati Reds  
Gary Matthews 59 Chicago Cubs 24
Ron Cey 58 Chicago Cubs 25



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.