Bases on Balls : 1976 National League Top 25

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"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1976 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jimmy Wynn 127 Atlanta Braves 1
Joe Morgan 114 Cincinnati Reds 2
Mike Schmidt 100 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Ron Cey 89 Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Pete Rose 86 Cincinnati Reds 5
Bobby Murcer 84 San Francisco Giants 6
Wayne Garrett 82 New York Mets 7
Montreal Expos  
Johnny Bench 81 Cincinnati Reds 8
Gary Matthews 75 San Francisco Giants 9
Ted Simmons 73 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Darrell Evans 72 Atlanta Braves 11
San Francisco Giants  
Johnny Grubb 65 San Diego Padres 12
John Milner 65 New York Mets  
Dave Winfield 65 San Diego Padres  
Greg Gross 64 Houston Astros 15
Bud Harrelson 63 New York Mets 16
Ken Griffey 62 Cincinnati Reds 17
Ken Henderson 62 Atlanta Braves  
Cliff Johnson 62 Houston Astros  
Bob Watson 62 Houston Astros  
Don Kessinger 61 St. Louis Cardinals 21
Pepe Mangual 60 Montreal Expos 22
New York Mets  
Rick Monday 60 Chicago Cubs  
Chris Speier 60 San Francisco Giants  
Joe Ferguson 57 Los Angeles Dodgers 25
St. Louis Cardinals  



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.

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).