Top 25 Bases on Balls in 1984 in the American League

Bases on Balls : 1984 American League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)

1984 Bases on Balls Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

Eddie Murray 107 Baltimore Orioles 1

Alvin Davis 97 Seattle Mariners 2

Dwight Evans 96 Boston Red Sox 3

Andre Thornton 91 Cleveland Indians 4

Wade Boggs 89 Boston Red Sox 5

Brett Butler 86 Cleveland Indians 6

Rickey Henderson 86 Oakland Athletics

Willie Randolph 86 New York Yankees

Lloyd Moseby 78 Toronto Blue Jays 9

Darrell Evans 77 Detroit Tigers 10

Fred Lynn 77 California Angels

Tim Teufel 76 Minnesota Twins 12

Dwayne Murphy 74 Oakland Athletics 13

Cal Ripken, Jr. 71 Baltimore Orioles 14

Brian Downing 70 California Angels 15

Wayne Gross 68 Baltimore Orioles 16

Robin Yount 67 Milwaukee Brewers 17

Joe Morgan 66 Oakland Athletics 18

Kent Hrbek 65 Minnesota Twins 19

Butch Wynegar 65 New York Yankees

Buddy Bell 63 Texas Rangers 21

Kirk Gibson 63 Detroit Tigers

Lou Whitaker 62 Detroit Tigers 23

Ken Phelps 61 Seattle Mariners 24

Gary Pettis 60 California Angels 25

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.

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.

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