Bases on Balls : 1968 American League Top 25

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"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)
 

1968 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Carl Yastrzemski 119 Boston Red Sox 1
Mickey Mantle 106 New York Yankees 2
Joe Foy 84 Boston Red Sox 3
Dick McAuliffe 82 Detroit Tigers 4
Mike Andrews 81 Boston Red Sox 5
Tom Tresh 76 New York Yankees 6
Pete Ward 76 Chicago White Sox  
Boog Powell 73 Baltimore Orioles 8
Frank Robinson 73 Baltimore Orioles  
Roy White 73 New York Yankees  
Rick Monday 72 Oakland Athletics 11
Harmon Killebrew 70 Minnesota Twins 12
Ken Harrelson 69 Boston Red Sox 13
Curt Blefary 65 Baltimore Orioles 14
Bill Freehan 65 Detroit Tigers  
Reggie Smith 64 Boston Red Sox 16
Ken McMullen 63 Washington Senators 17
Duke Sims 62 Cleveland Indians 18
Jim Fregosi 60 California Angels 19
Don Buford 57 Baltimore Orioles 20
Al Kaline 55 Detroit Tigers 21
Frank Howard 54 Washington Senators 22
Bob Allison 52 Minnesota Twins 23
Sal Bando 51 Oakland Athletics 24
Bert Campaneris 50 Oakland Athletics 25



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

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.