Top 25 Bases on Balls in 1949 in the American League

Bases on Balls : 1949 American League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1949 Bases on Balls Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

Ted Williams 162 Boston Red Sox 1

Eddie Joost 149 Philadelphia Athletics 2

Ferris Fain 136 Philadelphia Athletics 3

Luke Appling 121 Chicago White Sox 4

Elmer Valo 119 Philadelphia Athletics 5

Cass Michaels 101 Chicago White Sox 6

Vern Stephens 101 Boston Red Sox

Johnny Pesky 100 Boston Red Sox 8

Dom DiMaggio 96 Boston Red Sox 9

Larry Doby 91 Cleveland Indians 10

Eddie Yost 91 Washington Senators

Tommy Henrich 86 New York Yankees 12

Floyd Baker 84 Chicago White Sox 13

Joe Gordon 83 Cleveland Indians 14

Sam Chapman 80 Philadelphia Athletics 15

Jerry Priddy 80 St. Louis Browns

Vic Wertz 80 Detroit Tigers

Bobby Doerr 75 Boston Red Sox 18

Johnny Lipon 75 Detroit Tigers

Aaron Robinson 73 Detroit Tigers 20

Phil Rizzuto 72 New York Yankees 21

George Kell 71 Detroit Tigers 22

Lou Boudreau 70 Cleveland Indians 23

Hoot Evers 70 Detroit Tigers

Roy Sievers 70 St. Louis Browns

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

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.

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?

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