Bases on Balls : 1989 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1989 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jack Clark 132 San Diego Padres 1
Von Hayes 101 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Barry Bonds 93 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Tim Raines 93 Montreal Expos  
Kevin Mitchell 87 San Francisco Giants 5
Eddie Murray 87 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Mark Grace 80 Chicago Cubs 7
Pedro Guerrero 79 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Jose Oquendo 79 St. Louis Cardinals  
Howard Johnson 77 New York Mets 10
Bobby Bonilla 76 Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Spike Owen 76 Montreal Expos  
Lonnie Smith 76 Atlanta Braves  
Will Clark 74 San Francisco Giants 14
Gerald Young 74 Houston Astros  
Willie Randolph 71 Los Angeles Dodgers 16
Glenn Davis 69 Houston Astros 17
Eric Davis 68 Cincinnati Reds 18
Dale Murphy 65 Atlanta Braves 19
Darryl Strawberry 61 New York Mets 20
Lenny Dykstra 60 New York Mets 21
Philadelphia Phillies  
Tom Brunansky 59 St. Louis Cardinals 22
Brett Butler 59 San Francisco Giants  
Bill Doran 59 Houston Astros  
Ryne Sandberg 59 Chicago Cubs  



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.

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

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.