Bases on Balls : 1980 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1980 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Willie Randolph 119 New York Yankees 1
Rickey Henderson 117 Oakland Athletics 2
Mike Hargrove 111 Cleveland Indians 3
Dwayne Murphy 102 Oakland Athletics 4
Toby Harrah 98 Cleveland Indians 5
Ken Singleton 92 Baltimore Orioles 6
Bobby Grich 84 California Angels 7
Reggie Jackson 83 New York Yankees 8
Jason Thompson 83 Detroit Tigers  
California Angels  
Al Bumbry 78 Baltimore Orioles 10
John Mayberry 77 Toronto Blue Jays 11
Lou Whitaker 73 Detroit Tigers 12
Bruce Bochte 72 Seattle Mariners 13
Chet Lemon 71 Chicago White Sox 14
Jorge Orta 71 Cleveland Indians  
Steve Kemp 69 Detroit Tigers 16
Darrell Porter 69 Kansas City Royals  
Alan Trammell 69 Detroit Tigers  
John Wockenfuss 68 Detroit Tigers 19
Roy Smalley 65 Minnesota Twins 20
Willie Aikens 64 Kansas City Royals 21
Dwight Evans 64 Boston Red Sox  
Jim Sundberg 64 Texas Rangers  
Rick Manning 63 Cleveland Indians 24
Butch Wynegar 63 Minnesota Twins  



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?

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