Bases on Balls : 2007 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

2007 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Barry Bonds 132 San Francisco Giants 1
Todd Helton 116 Colorado Rockies 2
Pat Burrell 114 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Ryan Howard 107 Philadelphia Phillies 4
Adam Dunn 101 Cincinnati Reds 5
Albert Pujols 99 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Lance Berkman 94 Houston Astros 7
David Wright 94 New York Mets  
Prince Fielder 90 Milwaukee Brewers 9
Ken Griffey, Jr. 85 Cincinnati Reds 10
Chipper Jones 82 Atlanta Braves 11
Brad Hawpe 81 Colorado Rockies 12
Miguel Cabrera 79 Florida Marlins 13
Kelly Johnson 79 Atlanta Braves  
Rickie Weeks 78 Milwaukee Brewers 15
Jose Reyes 77 New York Mets 16
Austin Kearns 71 Washington Nationals 17
Derrek Lee 71 Chicago Cubs  
Orlando Hudson 70 Arizona Diamondbacks 19
Andruw Jones 70 Atlanta Braves  
Carlos Beltran 69 New York Mets 21
Jose Bautista 68 Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Dan Uggla 68 Florida Marlins  
Garrett Atkins 67 Colorado Rockies 24
Mike Cameron 67 San Diego Padres  



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.

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).