Bases on Balls : 1906 American 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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1906 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Topsy Hartsel 88 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Fielder Jones 83 Chicago White Sox 2
Ed Hahn 72 New York Highlanders 3
Chicago White Sox  
Bobby Wallace 58 St. Louis Browns 4
Matty McIntyre 56 Detroit Tigers 5
Elmer Flick 54 Cleveland Naps 6
George Stone 52 St. Louis Browns 7
Monte Cross 50 Philadelphia Athletics 8
Larry Schlafly 50 Washington Senators  
Harry Davis 49 Philadelphia Athletics 10
Jiggs Donahue 48 Chicago White Sox 11
Wid Conroy 47 New York Highlanders 12
Rabbit Nill 47 Washington Senators  
Chick Stahl 47 Boston Americans  
Harry Niles 46 St. Louis Browns 15
Chris Lindsay 45 Detroit Tigers 16
Jimmy Williams 44 New York Highlanders 17
Harry Armbruster 43 Philadelphia Athletics 18
Charlie Hemphill 43 St. Louis Browns  
Pete O'Brien 42 St. Louis Browns 20
George Davis 41 Chicago White Sox 21
Davy Jones 41 Detroit Tigers  
Willie Keeler 40 New York Highlanders 23
Sam Crawford 38 Detroit Tigers 24
Jim Jackson 38 Cleveland Naps  



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.

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 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?