Top 25 Bases on Balls in 1957 in the National League

Bases on Balls : 1957 National League Top 25

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"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)

1957 Bases on Balls Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

Richie Ashburn 94 Philadelphia Phillies 1

Johnny Temple 94 Cincinnati Redlegs

Eddie Mathews 90 Milwaukee Braves 3

Ed Bouchee 84 Philadelphia Phillies 4

Duke Snider 77 Brooklyn Dodgers 5

Willie Mays 76 New York Giants 6

Don Hoak 74 Cincinnati Redlegs 7

Ed Bailey 73 Cincinnati Redlegs 8

Don Blasingame 71 St. Louis Cardinals 9

Ernie Banks 70 Chicago Cubs 10

Roy McMillan 66 Cincinnati Redlegs 11

Stan Musial 66 St. Louis Cardinals

Jim Gilliam 64 Brooklyn Dodgers 13

Gil Hodges 63 Brooklyn Dodgers 14

Wally Moon 62 St. Louis Cardinals 15

Willie Jones 61 Philadelphia Phillies 16

Hank Aaron 57 Milwaukee Braves 17

Joe Cunningham 56 St. Louis Cardinals 18

Dale Long 56 Pittsburgh Pirates

Chicago Cubs

Stan Lopata 56 Philadelphia Phillies

Charlie Neal 53 Brooklyn Dodgers 21

Bobby Morgan 52 Philadelphia Phillies 22

Chicago Cubs

Danny O'Connell 52 Milwaukee Braves

New York Giants

Walt Moryn 50 Chicago Cubs 24

Daryl Spencer 50 New York Giants

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).

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.

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