Top 25 Bases on Balls in 1987 in the National League

Bases on Balls : 1987 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1987 Bases on Balls Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

Jack Clark 136 St. Louis Cardinals 1

Von Hayes 121 Philadelphia Phillies 2

Dale Murphy 115 Atlanta Braves 3

Darryl Strawberry 97 New York Mets 4

Tim Raines 90 Montreal Expos 5

Ozzie Smith 89 St. Louis Cardinals 6

Eric Davis 84 Cincinnati Reds 7

Howard Johnson 83 New York Mets 8

Mike Schmidt 83 Philadelphia Phillies

Bill Doran 82 Houston Astros 10

Tony Gwynn 82 San Diego Padres

Keith Hernandez 81 New York Mets 12

Glenn Hubbard 77 Atlanta Braves 13

Pedro Guerrero 74 Los Angeles Dodgers 14

John Kruk 73 San Diego Padres 15

Chili Davis 72 San Francisco Giants 16

Buddy Bell 71 Cincinnati Reds 17

Vince Coleman 70 St. Louis Cardinals 18

Dion James 70 Atlanta Braves

Carmelo Martinez 70 San Diego Padres

Terry Pendleton 70 St. Louis Cardinals

Mitch Webster 70 Montreal Expos

Tom Herr 68 St. Louis Cardinals 23

Randy Ready 67 San Diego Padres 24

Kal Daniels 60 Cincinnati Reds 25

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

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.

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 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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