Bases on Balls : 1965 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:

"Major League Baseball has the most gruelling schedule of all the major sports, with each team playing 162 games in 180 days." - Baseball Gambling Online
 

1965 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Rocky Colavito 93 Cleveland Indians 1
Curt Blefary 88 Baltimore Orioles 2
Felix Mantilla 79 Boston Red Sox 3
Norm Cash 77 Detroit Tigers 4
Floyd Robinson 76 Chicago White Sox 5
Bob Allison 73 Minnesota Twins 6
Mickey Mantle 73 New York Yankees  
Don Wert 73 Detroit Tigers  
Al Kaline 72 Detroit Tigers 9
Harmon Killebrew 72 Minnesota Twins  
Lee Thomas 72 Boston Red Sox  
Boog Powell 71 Baltimore Orioles 12
Carl Yastrzemski 70 Boston Red Sox 13
Don Buford 67 Chicago White Sox 14
Ken Harrelson 66 Kansas City Athletics 15
Wayne Causey 61 Kansas City Athletics 16
Paul Schaal 61 California Angels  
Ron Hansen 60 Chicago White Sox 18
Leon Wagner 60 Cleveland Indians  
Johnny Romano 59 Chicago White Sox 20
Tom Tresh 59 New York Yankees  
Dick Howser 57 Cleveland Indians 22
Jim Landis 57 Kansas City Athletics  
Don Lock 57 Washington Senators  
Jerry Lumpe 56 Detroit Tigers 25



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).

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.

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.