Bases on Balls : 1913 American League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1913 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Burt Shotton 99 St. Louis Browns 1
Eddie Collins 85 Philadelphia Athletics 2
Donie Bush 80 Detroit Tigers 3
Joe Jackson 80 Cleveland Naps  
Harry Wolter 80 New York Yankees  
Danny Moeller 72 Washington Senators 6
Eddie Murphy 70 Philadelphia Athletics 7
Ray Morgan 68 Washington Senators 8
Roy Hartzell 67 New York Yankees 9
Tris Speaker 65 Boston Red Sox 10
Frank Baker 63 Philadelphia Athletics 11
Harry Hooper 60 Boston Red Sox 12
Ty Cobb 58 Detroit Tigers 13
Clyde Milan 58 Washington Senators  
Gus Williams 57 St. Louis Browns 15
Terry Turner 55 Cleveland Naps 16
Clyde Engle 53 Boston Red Sox 17
Bobby Veach 53 Detroit Tigers  
Sam Crawford 52 Detroit Tigers 19
Birdie Cree 50 New York Yankees 20
Steve Yerkes 50 Boston Red Sox  
Jack Graney 48 Cleveland Naps 22
Larry Gardner 47 Boston Red Sox 23
Ray Chapman 46 Cleveland Naps 24
Morrie Rath 46 Chicago White Sox  



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.

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).