Top 25 Bases on Balls in 1999 in the National League

Bases on Balls : 1999 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1999 Bases on Balls Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

Jeff Bagwell 149 Houston Astros 1

Mark McGwire 133 St. Louis Cardinals 2

Chipper Jones 126 Atlanta Braves 3

John Olerud 125 New York Mets 4

Bobby Abreu 109 Philadelphia Phillies 5

Gary Sheffield 101 Los Angeles Dodgers 6

Brian Giles 95 Pittsburgh Pirates 7

Barry Larkin 93 Cincinnati Reds 8

Jeromy Burnitz 91 Milwaukee Brewers 9

Craig Biggio 88 Houston Astros 10

J.T. Snow 86 San Francisco Giants 11

Edgardo Alfonzo 85 New York Mets 12

Ron Gant 85 Philadelphia Phillies

Greg Vaughn 85 Cincinnati Reds

Mark Grace 83 Chicago Cubs 15

Jay Bell 82 Arizona Diamondbacks 16

Rickey Henderson 82 New York Mets

Fernando Tatis 82 St. Louis Cardinals

Mike Cameron 80 Cincinnati Reds 19

Sammy Sosa 78 Chicago Cubs 20

Andruw Jones 76 Atlanta Braves 21

Jeff Cirillo 75 Milwaukee Brewers 22

Kevin Young 75 Pittsburgh Pirates

Robin Ventura 74 New York Mets 24

Barry Bonds 73 San Francisco Giants 25

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

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).

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?

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