Bases on Balls : 1994 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:

"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)
 

1994 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Barry Bonds 74 San Francisco Giants 1
David Justice 69 Atlanta Braves 2
Brett Butler 68 Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Lenny Dykstra 68 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jeff Bagwell 65 Houston Astros 5
Barry Larkin 64 Cincinnati Reds 6
Craig Biggio 62 Houston Astros 7
Kevin Mitchell 59 Cincinnati Reds 8
Ray Lankford 58 St. Louis Cardinals 9
Walt Weiss 56 Colorado Rockies 10
Bobby Bonilla 55 New York Mets 11
Delino DeShields 54 Los Angeles Dodgers 12
Darren Lewis 53 San Francisco Giants 13
Jerry Browne 52 Florida Marlins 14
Andy Van Slyke 52 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Todd Zeile 52 St. Louis Cardinals  
Gary Sheffield 51 Florida Marlins 17
Fred McGriff 50 Atlanta Braves 18
Jay Bell 49 Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Luis Gonzalez 49 Houston Astros  
Mark Grace 48 Chicago Cubs 21
Tony Gwynn 48 San Diego Padres  
Larry Walker 47 Montreal Expos 23
Tim Wallach 46 Los Angeles Dodgers 24
Gregg Jefferies 45 St. Louis Cardinals 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.

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).

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.