Top 25 Bases on Balls in 2004 in the American League

Bases on Balls : 2004 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:

"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)

2004 Bases on Balls Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

Eric Chavez 95 Oakland Athletics 1

Gary Sheffield 92 New York Yankees 2

Mark Bellhorn 88 Boston Red Sox 3

Hideki Matsui 88 New York Yankees

Jorge Posada 88 New York Yankees

Rafael Palmeiro 86 Baltimore Orioles 6

Bernie Williams 85 New York Yankees 7

Manny Ramirez 82 Boston Red Sox 8

Alex Rodriguez 80 New York Yankees 9

Jose Cruz, Jr. 76 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 10

Johnny Damon 76 Boston Red Sox

Hank Blalock 75 Texas Rangers 12

David Ortiz 75 Boston Red Sox

Matt Lawton 74 Cleveland Indians 14

Scott Hatteberg 72 Oakland Athletics 15

Brian Roberts 71 Baltimore Orioles 16

Bobby Higginson 70 Detroit Tigers 17

Carlos Pena 70 Detroit Tigers

Carlos Delgado 69 Toronto Blue Jays 19

Paul Konerko 69 Chicago White Sox

Casey Blake 68 Cleveland Indians 21

Travis Hafner 68 Cleveland Indians

Mark Teixeira 68 Texas Rangers

Lew Ford 67 Minnesota Twins 24

Tino Martinez 66 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 25

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

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

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?

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