Bases on Balls : 1990 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1990 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Mark McGwire 110 Oakland Athletics 1
Mickey Tettleton 106 Baltimore Orioles 2
Tony Phillips 99 Detroit Tigers 3
Rickey Henderson 97 Oakland Athletics 4
Fred McGriff 94 Toronto Blue Jays 5
Cecil Fielder 90 Detroit Tigers 6
Randy Milligan 88 Baltimore Orioles 7
Wade Boggs 87 Boston Red Sox 8
Alvin Davis 85 Seattle Mariners 9
Jesse Barfield 82 New York Yankees 10
Julio Franco 82 Texas Rangers  
Cal Ripken, Jr. 82 Baltimore Orioles  
Harold Reynolds 81 Seattle Mariners 13
Robin Yount 78 Milwaukee Brewers 14
Jody Reed 75 Boston Red Sox 15
Edgar Martinez 74 Seattle Mariners 16
Lou Whitaker 74 Detroit Tigers  
Jerry Browne 72 Cleveland Indians 18
Jose Canseco 72 Oakland Athletics  
Tony Fernandez 71 Toronto Blue Jays 20
Kent Hrbek 69 Minnesota Twins 21
Alan Trammell 68 Detroit Tigers 22
Harold Baines 67 Texas Rangers 23
Oakland Athletics  
Dwight Evans 67 Boston Red Sox  
Kevin Seitzer 67 Kansas City Royals  



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

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?