Top 25 Bases on Balls in 1902 in the American League

Bases on Balls : 1902 American League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)

1902 Bases on Balls Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

Topsy Hartsel 87 Philadelphia Athletics 1

Sammy Strang 76 Chicago White Stockings 2

Jimmy Barrett 74 Detroit Tigers 3

Jesse Burkett 71 St. Louis Browns 4

George Davis 65 Chicago White Stockings 5

Ed Delahanty 62 Washington Senators 6

Dave Fultz 62 Philadelphia Athletics

Kip Selbach 58 Baltimore Orioles 8

Fielder Jones 57 Chicago White Stockings 9

Tom Daly 55 Chicago White Stockings 10

Kid Elberfeld 55 Detroit Tigers

Elmer Flick 53 Philadelphia Athletics 12

Cleveland Blues

Danny Green 53 Chicago White Stockings

Charlie Hemphill 49 Cleveland Blues 14

St. Louis Browns

Billy Gilbert 45 Baltimore Orioles 15

Bobby Wallace 45 St. Louis Browns

Doc Casey 44 Detroit Tigers 17

Jimmy Ryan 43 Washington Senators 18

Socks Seybold 43 Philadelphia Athletics

Patsy Dougherty 42 Boston Americans 20

Harry Arndt 41 Detroit Tigers 21

Baltimore Orioles

John Gochnaur 38 Cleveland Blues 22

Herm McFarland 38 Chicago White Stockings

Baltimore Orioles

Barry McCormick 37 St. Louis Browns 24

Sam Mertes 37 Chicago White Stockings

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

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?

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.

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).

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