Bases on Balls : 1993 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
 

1993 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Lenny Dykstra 129 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Barry Bonds 126 San Francisco Giants 2
Darren Daulton 117 Philadelphia Phillies 3
John Kruk 111 Philadelphia Phillies 4
Brett Butler 86 Los Angeles Dodgers 5
Jeff Blauser 85 Atlanta Braves 6
Dave Hollins 85 Philadelphia Phillies  
Ray Lankford 81 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Larry Walker 80 Montreal Expos 9
Walt Weiss 79 Florida Marlins 10
David Justice 78 Atlanta Braves 11
Jay Bell 77 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Craig Biggio 77 Houston Astros  
Orlando Merced 77 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Fred McGriff 76 San Diego Padres 15
Atlanta Braves  
Bobby Bonilla 72 New York Mets 16
Delino DeShields 72 Montreal Expos  
Mark Grace 71 Chicago Cubs 18
Jose Offerman 71 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Todd Zeile 70 St. Louis Cardinals 20
Ron Gant 67 Atlanta Braves 21
Mark Lemke 65 Atlanta Braves 22
Will Clark 63 San Francisco Giants 23
Eric Young 63 Colorado Rockies  
Jeff Bagwell 62 Houston Astros 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.

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.