Bases on Balls : 2000 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

2000 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jason Giambi 137 Oakland Athletics 1
Carlos Delgado 123 Toronto Blue Jays 2
Jim Thome 118 Cleveland Indians 3
Troy Glaus 112 Anaheim Angels 4
Frank Thomas 112 Chicago White Sox  
Jorge Posada 107 New York Yankees 6
Tim Salmon 104 Anaheim Angels 7
Rafael Palmeiro 103 Texas Rangers 8
John Olerud 102 Seattle Mariners 9
Alex Rodriguez 100 Seattle Mariners 10
Edgar Martinez 96 Seattle Mariners 11
Brady Anderson 92 Baltimore Orioles 12
Matt Lawton 91 Minnesota Twins 13
Fred McGriff 91 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  
Omar Vizquel 87 Cleveland Indians 15
Manny Ramirez 86 Cleveland Indians 16
Mark McLemore 81 Seattle Mariners 17
Greg Vaughn 80 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 18
Kenny Lofton 79 Cleveland Indians 19
Mo Vaughn 79 Anaheim Angels  
Mike Cameron 78 Seattle Mariners 21
Matt Stairs 78 Oakland Athletics  
David Justice 77 Cleveland Indians 23
New York Yankees  
Corey Koskie 77 Minnesota Twins  
Ray Durham 75 Chicago White Sox 25



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.

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.