Top 25 Bases on Balls in 1963 in the American League

Bases on Balls : 1963 American 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)

1963 Bases on Balls Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

Carl Yastrzemski 95 Boston Red Sox 1

Albie Pearson 92 Los Angeles Angels 2

Bob Allison 90 Minnesota Twins 3

Norm Cash 89 Detroit Tigers 4

Rocky Colavito 84 Detroit Tigers 5

Tom Tresh 83 New York Yankees 6

Norm Siebern 79 Kansas City Athletics 7

Ron Hansen 78 Chicago White Sox 8

Jim Gentile 76 Baltimore Orioles 9

Harmon Killebrew 72 Minnesota Twins 10

Don Lock 70 Washington Senators 11

Chuck Hinton 64 Washington Senators 12

Dick McAuliffe 64 Detroit Tigers

Jimmie Hall 63 Minnesota Twins 14

Dave Nicholson 63 Chicago White Sox

Floyd Robinson 62 Chicago White Sox 16

Earl Battey 61 Minnesota Twins 17

Woodie Held 61 Cleveland Indians

Bill Bruton 59 Detroit Tigers 19

Ed Charles 58 Kansas City Athletics 20

Jerry Lumpe 58 Kansas City Athletics

Wayne Causey 56 Kansas City Athletics 22

Al Kaline 54 Detroit Tigers 23

Lee Thomas 53 Los Angeles Angels 24

Eddie Bressoud 52 Boston Red Sox 25

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

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?

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.

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