Bases on Balls : 2006 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:

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2006 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Barry Bonds 115 San Francisco Giants 1
Adam Dunn 112 Cincinnati Reds 2
Nick Johnson 110 Washington Nationals 3
Ryan Howard 108 Philadelphia Phillies 4
Brian Giles 104 San Diego Padres 5
Jason Bay 102 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Morgan Ensberg 101 Houston Astros 7
Lance Berkman 98 Houston Astros 8
Pat Burrell 98 Philadelphia Phillies  
Carlos Beltran 95 New York Mets 10
Albert Pujols 92 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Bobby Abreu 91 Philadelphia Phillies 12
Todd Helton 91 Colorado Rockies  
J.D. Drew 89 Los Angeles Dodgers 14
Miguel Cabrera 86 Florida Marlins 15
Andruw Jones 82 Atlanta Braves 16
Felipe Lopez 81 Cincinnati Reds 17
Washington Nationals  
Garrett Atkins 79 Colorado Rockies 18
Austin Kearns 76 Cincinnati Reds 19
Washington Nationals  
Carlos Delgado 74 New York Mets 20
Scott Hatteberg 74 Cincinnati Reds  
Brad Hawpe 74 Colorado Rockies  
Rafael Furcal 73 Los Angeles Dodgers 23
Mike Cameron 71 San Diego Padres 24
Luis Gonzalez 69 Arizona Diamondbacks 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.

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.

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.