Top 25 Bases on Balls in 1977 in the National League

Bases on Balls : 1977 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)

1977 Bases on Balls Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

Gene Tenace 125 San Diego Padres 1

Joe Morgan 117 Cincinnati Reds 2

Mike Schmidt 104 Philadelphia Phillies 3

Reggie Smith 104 Los Angeles Dodgers

Ron Cey 93 Los Angeles Dodgers 5

Jeff Burroughs 86 Atlanta Braves 6

Joe Ferguson 85 Houston Astros 7

Steve Ontiveros 81 Chicago Cubs 8

Greg Luzinski 80 Philadelphia Phillies 9

Bobby Murcer 80 Chicago Cubs

Keith Hernandez 79 St. Louis Cardinals 11

Ted Simmons 79 St. Louis Cardinals

John Stearns 77 New York Mets 13

Gary Thomasson 75 San Francisco Giants 14

Davey Lopes 73 Los Angeles Dodgers 15

Lee Mazzilli 72 New York Mets 16

Jose Cruz 69 Houston Astros 17

Darrell Evans 69 San Francisco Giants

Ken Griffey 69 Cincinnati Reds

Gary Matthews 67 Atlanta Braves 20

Willie McCovey 67 San Francisco Giants

Chris Speier 67 San Francisco Giants

Montreal Expos

Pete Rose 66 Cincinnati Reds 23

Len Randle 65 New York Mets 24

Dan Driessen 64 Cincinnati Reds 25

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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