Bases on Balls : 2004 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

2004 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Barry Bonds 232 San Francisco Giants 1
Bobby Abreu 127 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Lance Berkman 127 Houston Astros  
Todd Helton 127 Colorado Rockies  
J.D. Drew 118 Atlanta Braves 5
Adam Dunn 108 Cincinnati Reds 6
Brad Wilkerson 106 Montreal Expos 7
Jim Thome 104 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Jim Edmonds 101 St. Louis Cardinals 9
Jeff Bagwell 96 Houston Astros 10
Brian Giles 89 San Diego Padres 11
Chipper Jones 84 Atlanta Braves 12
Albert Pujols 84 St. Louis Cardinals  
D'Angelo Jimenez 82 Cincinnati Reds 14
Lyle Overbay 81 Milwaukee Brewers 15
Pat Burrell 78 Philadelphia Phillies 16
Luis Castillo 75 Florida Marlins 17
Ryan Klesko 73 San Diego Padres 18
Scott Rolen 72 St. Louis Cardinals 19
Milton Bradley 71 Los Angeles Dodgers 20
Shawn Green 71 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Andruw Jones 71 Atlanta Braves  
Michael Tucker 70 San Francisco Giants 23
Moises Alou 68 Chicago Cubs 24
Miguel Cabrera 68 Florida Marlins  



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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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?