Bases on Balls : 1997 American League Top 25

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1997 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the American League
Jim Thome 120 Cleveland Indians 1
Jay Buhner 119 Seattle Mariners 2
Edgar Martinez 119 Seattle Mariners  
Frank Thomas 109 Chicago White Sox 4
Tony Phillips 102 Chicago White Sox 5
Anaheim Angels  
Tim Salmon 95 Anaheim Angels 6
Tony Clark 93 Detroit Tigers 7
Jeff King 89 Kansas City Royals 8
Mo Vaughn 86 Boston Red Sox 9
Chili Davis 85 Kansas City Royals 10
Brady Anderson 84 Baltimore Orioles 11
Chuck Knoblauch 84 Minnesota Twins  
Rusty Greer 83 Texas Rangers 13
David Justice 80 Cleveland Indians 14
Manny Ramirez 79 Cleveland Indians 15
Geronimo Berroa 76 Oakland Athletics 16
Baltimore Orioles  
Ken Griffey, Jr. 76 Seattle Mariners  
Matt Lawton 76 Minnesota Twins  
Jeromy Burnitz 75 Milwaukee Brewers 19
Tino Martinez 75 New York Yankees  
Paul O'Neill 75 New York Yankees  
Derek Jeter 74 New York Yankees 22
Bernie Williams 73 New York Yankees 23
Jay Bell 71 Kansas City Royals 24
Bobby Higginson 70 Detroit Tigers 25



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.

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).

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.
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