Top 25 Bases on Balls in 1978 in the American League

Bases on Balls : 1978 American League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1978 Bases on Balls Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

Mike Hargrove 107 Texas Rangers 1

Ken Singleton 98 Baltimore Orioles 2

Steve Kemp 97 Detroit Tigers 3

Andre Thornton 93 Cleveland Indians 4

Roy Smalley 85 Minnesota Twins 5

Toby Harrah 83 Texas Rangers 6

Willie Randolph 82 New York Yankees 7

Bobby Bonds 79 Chicago White Sox 8

Texas Rangers

Rod Carew 78 Minnesota Twins 9

Rusty Staub 76 Detroit Tigers 10

Carl Yastrzemski 76 Boston Red Sox

Bobby Grich 75 California Angels 12

Fred Lynn 75 Boston Red Sox

Darrell Porter 75 Kansas City Royals

Jason Thompson 74 Detroit Tigers 15

Gorman Thomas 73 Milwaukee Brewers 16

Sal Bando 72 Milwaukee Brewers 17

Carlton Fisk 71 Boston Red Sox 18

Johnny Grubb 70 Cleveland Indians 19

Texas Rangers

Eddie Murray 70 Baltimore Orioles

Julio Cruz 69 Seattle Mariners 21

Larry Hisle 67 Milwaukee Brewers 22

Amos Otis 66 Kansas City Royals 23

Dwight Evans 65 Boston Red Sox 24

Ron LeFlore 65 Detroit Tigers

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

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.

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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