Bases on Balls : 1973 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1973 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Darrell Evans 124 Atlanta Braves 1
Ken Singleton 123 Montreal Expos 2
Joe Morgan 111 Cincinnati Reds 3
Willie McCovey 105 San Francisco Giants 4
Rick Monday 92 Chicago Cubs 5
Jimmy Wynn 91 Houston Astros 6
Bob Bailey 88 Montreal Expos 7
Bobby Bonds 87 San Francisco Giants 8
Joe Ferguson 87 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Ron Fairly 86 Montreal Expos 10
Bob Watson 85 Houston Astros 11
Johnny Bench 83 Cincinnati Reds 12
Davey Johnson 81 Atlanta Braves 13
Willie Stargell 80 Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Willie Crawford 78 Los Angeles Dodgers 15
Billy Williams 76 Chicago Cubs 16
Ron Cey 74 Los Angeles Dodgers 17
Tony Perez 74 Cincinnati Reds  
Rusty Staub 74 New York Mets  
Wayne Garrett 72 New York Mets 20
Lou Brock 71 St. Louis Cardinals 21
Denis Menke 69 Cincinnati Reds 22
Hank Aaron 68 Atlanta Braves 23
Ted Sizemore 68 St. Louis Cardinals  
Dusty Baker 67 Atlanta Braves 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.

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.

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).