Bases on Balls : 1972 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
 

1972 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Joe Morgan 115 Cincinnati Reds 1
Jimmy Wynn 103 Houston Astros 2
Johnny Bench 100 Cincinnati Reds 3
Hank Aaron 92 Atlanta Braves 4
Darrell Evans 90 Atlanta Braves 5
Chris Speier 82 San Francisco Giants 6
Rick Monday 78 Chicago Cubs 7
Pete Rose 73 Cincinnati Reds 8
Nate Colbert 70 San Diego Padres 9
Wayne Garrett 70 New York Mets  
Ken Singleton 70 Montreal Expos  
Ron Santo 69 Chicago Cubs 12
Don Kessinger 67 Chicago Cubs 13
Willie Stargell 65 Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Bernie Carbo 63 Cincinnati Reds 15
St. Louis Cardinals  
Wes Parker 62 Los Angeles Dodgers 16
Billy Williams 62 Chicago Cubs  
Earl Williams 62 Atlanta Braves  
Bobby Bonds 60 San Francisco Giants 19
Willie Mays 60 San Francisco Giants  
New York Mets  
Roger Metzger 60 Houston Astros  
Bob Bailey 59 Montreal Expos 22
Bud Harrelson 58 New York Mets 23
Denis Menke 58 Cincinnati Reds  
Willie Montanez 58 Philadelphia Phillies  



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.

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.