Bases on Balls : 1912 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)
 

1912 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Donie Bush 117 Detroit Tigers 1
Eddie Collins 101 Philadelphia Athletics 2
Morrie Rath 95 Chicago White Sox 3
Burt Shotton 86 St. Louis Browns 4
Tris Speaker 82 Boston Red Sox 5
Harry Hooper 66 Boston Red Sox 6
Roy Hartzell 64 New York Highlanders 7
Clyde Milan 63 Washington Senators 8
Heinie Wagner 62 Boston Red Sox 9
Baldy Louden 58 Detroit Tigers 10
Larry Gardner 56 Boston Red Sox 11
Joe Jackson 54 Cleveland Naps 12
Eddie Foster 53 Washington Senators 13
Duffy Lewis 52 Boston Red Sox 14
Harry Lord 52 Chicago White Sox  
Danny Moeller 52 Washington Senators  
Bert Daniels 51 New York Highlanders 17
Frank Baker 50 Philadelphia Athletics 18
Jack Graney 50 Cleveland Naps  
Rollie Zeider 50 Chicago White Sox  
Guy Zinn 50 New York Highlanders  
Stuffy McInnis 49 Philadelphia Athletics 22
Jack Barry 47 Philadelphia Athletics 23
Amos Strunk 47 Philadelphia Athletics  
Ping Bodie 43 Chicago White Sox 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.

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?

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.