Top 25 Bases on Balls in 1999 in the American League

Bases on Balls : 1999 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)

1999 Bases on Balls Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

Jim Thome 127 Cleveland Indians 1

Jason Giambi 105 Oakland Athletics 2

Albert Belle 101 Baltimore Orioles 3

John Jaha 101 Oakland Athletics

Bernie Williams 100 New York Yankees 5

Roberto Alomar 99 Cleveland Indians 6

Edgar Martinez 97 Seattle Mariners 7

Rafael Palmeiro 97 Texas Rangers

Brady Anderson 96 Baltimore Orioles 9

Rusty Greer 96 Texas Rangers

Jose Offerman 96 Boston Red Sox

Manny Ramirez 96 Cleveland Indians

David Justice 94 Cleveland Indians 13

Ken Griffey, Jr. 91 Seattle Mariners 14

Derek Jeter 91 New York Yankees

Matt Stairs 89 Oakland Athletics 16

Frank Thomas 87 Chicago White Sox 17

Carlos Delgado 86 Toronto Blue Jays 18

Fred McGriff 86 Tampa Bay Devil Rays

Chuck Knoblauch 83 New York Yankees 20

Mark McLemore 83 Texas Rangers

Kenny Lofton 79 Cleveland Indians 22

Tony Fernandez 77 Toronto Blue Jays 23

Chili Davis 73 New York Yankees 24

Ray Durham 73 Chicago White Sox

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

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).

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?

Copyright © 2000-2007. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy. Design by Geisler Young. Hosted by Hosting 4 Less.
Part of the Baseball Almanac family: 755 Home Runs | Baseball Box Scores | Baseball Fever | Today in Baseball History.