Top 25 Bases on Balls in 1991 in the American League

Bases on Balls : 1991 American League Top 25

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"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)

1991 Bases on Balls Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

Frank Thomas 138 Chicago White Sox 1

Mickey Tettleton 101 Detroit Tigers 2

Rickey Henderson 98 Oakland Athletics 3

Jack Clark 96 Boston Red Sox 4

Chili Davis 95 Minnesota Twins 5

Mark McGwire 93 Oakland Athletics 6

Lou Whitaker 90 Detroit Tigers 7

Wade Boggs 89 Boston Red Sox 8

Rob Deer 89 Detroit Tigers

Edgar Martinez 84 Seattle Mariners 10

Randy Milligan 84 Baltimore Orioles

Kevin Maas 83 New York Yankees 12

Tim Raines 83 Chicago White Sox

Robin Ventura 80 Chicago White Sox 14

Tony Phillips 79 Detroit Tigers 15

Jose Canseco 78 Oakland Athletics 16

Cecil Fielder 78 Detroit Tigers

Paul Molitor 77 Milwaukee Brewers 18

Willie Randolph 75 Milwaukee Brewers 19

Harold Baines 72 Oakland Athletics 20

Harold Reynolds 72 Seattle Mariners

Ken Griffey, Jr. 71 Seattle Mariners 22

Kirk Gibson 69 Kansas City Royals 23

John Olerud 68 Toronto Blue Jays 24

Rafael Palmeiro 68 Texas Rangers

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

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).

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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