Bases on Balls : 1975 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:

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1975 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

John Mayberry 119 Kansas City Royals 1
Ken Singleton 118 Baltimore Orioles 2
Bobby Grich 107 Baltimore Orioles 3
Gene Tenace 106 Oakland Athletics 4
Toby Harrah 98 Texas Rangers 5
Bobby Bonds 89 New York Yankees 6
Darrell Porter 89 Milwaukee Brewers  
Sal Bando 87 Oakland Athletics 8
Carl Yastrzemski 87 Boston Red Sox  
Bernie Carbo 83 Boston Red Sox 10
Billy North 81 Oakland Athletics 11
Johnny Briggs 80 Milwaukee Brewers 12
Minnesota Twins  
Jeff Burroughs 79 Texas Rangers 13
Mike Hargrove 79 Texas Rangers  
Bill Melton 78 Chicago White Sox 15
Brian Downing 76 Chicago White Sox 16
Billy Williams 76 Oakland Athletics  
Ken Henderson 74 Chicago White Sox 18
Roy White 72 New York Yankees 19
Hank Aaron 70 Milwaukee Brewers 20
Reggie Jackson 67 Oakland Athletics 21
Carlos May 67 Chicago White Sox  
Steve Braun 66 Minnesota Twins 23
Dave Chalk 66 California Angels  
Amos Otis 66 Kansas City Royals  



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

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).

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.