Bases on Balls : 1987 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1987 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jack Clark 136 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Von Hayes 121 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Dale Murphy 115 Atlanta Braves 3
Darryl Strawberry 97 New York Mets 4
Tim Raines 90 Montreal Expos 5
Ozzie Smith 89 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Eric Davis 84 Cincinnati Reds 7
Howard Johnson 83 New York Mets 8
Mike Schmidt 83 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bill Doran 82 Houston Astros 10
Tony Gwynn 82 San Diego Padres  
Keith Hernandez 81 New York Mets 12
Glenn Hubbard 77 Atlanta Braves 13
Pedro Guerrero 74 Los Angeles Dodgers 14
John Kruk 73 San Diego Padres 15
Chili Davis 72 San Francisco Giants 16
Buddy Bell 71 Cincinnati Reds 17
Vince Coleman 70 St. Louis Cardinals 18
Dion James 70 Atlanta Braves  
Carmelo Martinez 70 San Diego Padres  
Terry Pendleton 70 St. Louis Cardinals  
Mitch Webster 70 Montreal Expos  
Tom Herr 68 St. Louis Cardinals 23
Randy Ready 67 San Diego Padres 24
Kal Daniels 60 Cincinnati Reds 25



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.

Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.