Bases on Balls : 1998 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
 

1998 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mark McGwire 162 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Barry Bonds 130 San Francisco Giants 2
Jeff Bagwell 109 Houston Astros 3
Chipper Jones 96 Atlanta Braves 4
John Olerud 96 New York Mets  
Gary Sheffield 95 Florida Marlins 6
Los Angeles Dodgers  
Mark Grace 93 Chicago Cubs 7
Scott Rolen 93 Philadelphia Phillies  
Ray Lankford 86 St. Louis Cardinals 9
Bobby Abreu 84 Philadelphia Phillies 10
Moises Alou 84 Houston Astros  
Quilvio Veras 84 San Diego Padres  
Darryl Hamilton 82 San Francisco Giants 13
Colorado Rockies  
Jay Bell 81 Arizona Diamondbacks 14
Brian McRae 80 New York Mets 15
Jeff Cirillo 79 Milwaukee Brewers 16
Barry Larkin 79 Cincinnati Reds  
Bill Mueller 79 San Francisco Giants  
Greg Vaughn 79 San Diego Padres  
Sammy Sosa 73 Chicago Cubs 20
Mickey Morandini 72 Chicago Cubs 21
Ken Caminiti 71 San Diego Padres 22
Jeromy Burnitz 70 Milwaukee Brewers 23
Travis Lee 67 Arizona Diamondbacks 24
Edgardo Alfonzo 65 New York Mets 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.

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?

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.