Bases on Balls : 1907 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1907 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Topsy Hartsel 106 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Ed Hahn 84 Chicago White Sox 2
Fielder Jones 67 Chicago White Sox 3
Elmer Flick 64 Cleveland Naps 4
Davy Jones 60 Detroit Tigers 5
George Stone 59 St. Louis Browns 6
Bob Ganley 54 Washington Senators 7
Bobby Wallace 54 St. Louis Browns  
Charlie Hemphill 51 St. Louis Browns 9
George Davis 47 Chicago White Sox 10
Bill Hinchman 47 Cleveland Naps  
Denny Sullivan 44 Boston Americans 12
Harry Davis 42 Philadelphia Athletics 13
Danny Hoffman 42 New York Highlanders  
Jim Delahanty 41 St. Louis Browns 15
Washington Senators  
Socks Seybold 40 Philadelphia Athletics 16
Monte Cross 39 Philadelphia Athletics 17
George Rohe 39 Chicago White Sox  
Jimmy Barrett 38 Boston Americans 19
Sam Crawford 37 Detroit Tigers 20
Patsy Dougherty 36 Chicago White Sox 21
Kid Elberfeld 36 New York Highlanders  
Bill Bradley 35 Cleveland Naps 23
Nig Clarke 35 Cleveland Naps  
Bill Coughlin 35 Detroit Tigers  



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.

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?

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