Bases on Balls : 1962 National 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1962 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Eddie Mathews 101 Milwaukee Braves 1
Jim Gilliam 93 Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Richie Ashburn 81 New York Mets 3
Willie Mays 78 San Francisco Giants 4
Elio Chacon 76 New York Mets 5
Frank Robinson 76 Cincinnati Reds  
Bob Skinner 76 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ken Boyer 75 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Ron Fairly 75 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Clay Dalrymple 70 Philadelphia Phillies 10
Norm Larker 70 Houston Colt .45s  
Al Spangler 70 Houston Colt .45s  
Billy Williams 70 Chicago Cubs  
Tony Taylor 68 Philadelphia Phillies 14
Hank Aaron 66 Milwaukee Braves 15
Ron Santo 65 Chicago Cubs 16
Stan Musial 64 St. Louis Cardinals 17
Don Blasingame 63 Cincinnati Reds 18
George Altman 62 Chicago Cubs 19
Roy McMillan 60 Milwaukee Braves 20
Bill White 58 St. Louis Cardinals 21
Charlie Neal 56 New York Mets 22
Roy Sievers 56 Philadelphia Phillies  
Chuck Hiller 55 San Francisco Giants 24
Johnny Callison 54 Philadelphia Phillies 25



Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.

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.

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.