Bases on Balls : 1982 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1982 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Rickey Henderson 116 Oakland Athletics 1
Dwight Evans 112 Boston Red Sox 2
Andre Thornton 109 Cleveland Indians 3
Mike Hargrove 101 Cleveland Indians 4
Dwayne Murphy 94 Oakland Athletics 5
Steve Kemp 89 Chicago White Sox 6
Greg Luzinski 89 Chicago White Sox  
Brian Downing 86 California Angels 8
Ken Singleton 86 Baltimore Orioles  
Reggie Jackson 85 California Angels 10
Toby Harrah 84 Cleveland Indians 11
Gorman Thomas 84 Milwaukee Brewers  
Bobby Grich 82 California Angels 13
Willie Randolph 75 New York Yankees 14
George Brett 71 Kansas City Royals 15
Tom Brunansky 71 Minnesota Twins  
Roy Smalley 71 Minnesota Twins  
New York Yankees  
Buddy Bell 70 Texas Rangers 18
Eddie Murray 70 Baltimore Orioles  
Ben Oglivie 70 Milwaukee Brewers  
Gary Roenicke 70 Baltimore Orioles  
Paul Molitor 69 Milwaukee Brewers 22
Tony Bernazard 67 Chicago White Sox 23
Bruce Bochte 67 Seattle Mariners  
Rod Carew 67 California Angels  



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

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?

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).