Top 25 Bases on Balls in 1977 in the American League

Bases on Balls : 1977 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)

1977 Bases on Balls Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

Toby Harrah 109 Texas Rangers 1

Ken Singleton 107 Baltimore Orioles 2

Mike Hargrove 103 Texas Rangers 3

Wayne Gross 86 Oakland Athletics 4

John Mayberry 83 Kansas City Royals 5

Steve Braun 80 Seattle Mariners 6

Mitchell Page 78 Oakland Athletics 7

Sal Bando 75 Milwaukee Brewers 8

Carlton Fisk 75 Boston Red Sox

Roy White 75 New York Yankees

Bobby Bonds 74 California Angels 11

Reggie Jackson 74 New York Yankees

Roy Smalley 74 Minnesota Twins

Jason Thompson 73 Detroit Tigers 14

Carl Yastrzemski 73 Boston Red Sox

Steve Kemp 71 Detroit Tigers 16

Amos Otis 71 Kansas City Royals

Andre Thornton 70 Cleveland Indians 18

Rod Carew 69 Minnesota Twins 19

Graig Nettles 68 New York Yankees 20

Butch Wynegar 68 Minnesota Twins

Otto Velez 65 Toronto Blue Jays 22

Bump Wills 65 Texas Rangers

Doug DeCinces 64 Baltimore Orioles 24

Jim Norris 64 Cleveland Indians

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

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.

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?

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.

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