Top 25 Bases on Balls in 1988 in the American League

Bases on Balls : 1988 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:

"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)

1988 Bases on Balls Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

Wade Boggs 125 Boston Red Sox 1

Jack Clark 113 New York Yankees 2

Cal Ripken, Jr. 102 Baltimore Orioles 3

Alvin Davis 95 Seattle Mariners 4

Mike Greenwell 87 Boston Red Sox 5

Darrell Evans 84 Detroit Tigers 6

George Brett 82 Kansas City Royals 7

Rickey Henderson 82 New York Yankees

Brian Downing 81 California Angels 9

Fred McGriff 79 Toronto Blue Jays 10

Jose Canseco 78 Oakland Athletics 11

Dwight Evans 76 Boston Red Sox 12

Mark McGwire 76 Oakland Athletics

Danny Tartabull 76 Kansas City Royals

Eddie Murray 75 Baltimore Orioles 15

Pete O'Brien 72 Texas Rangers 16

Kevin Seitzer 72 Kansas City Royals

Paul Molitor 71 Milwaukee Brewers 18

Lloyd Moseby 70 Toronto Blue Jays 19

Ken Phelps 70 Seattle Mariners

New York Yankees

Dave Winfield 69 New York Yankees 21

Gene Larkin 68 Minnesota Twins 22

Harold Baines 67 Chicago White Sox 23

Kent Hrbek 67 Minnesota Twins

Lou Whitaker 66 Detroit Tigers 25

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

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

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.

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?

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