Bases on Balls : 1915 Federal 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)
 

1915 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the Federal League

Babe Borton 92 St. Louis Terriers 1
Benny Kauff 85 Brooklyn Tip-Tops 2
Marty Berghammer 83 Pittsburgh Rebels 3
Ward Miller 79 St. Louis Terriers 4
Claude Cooper 77 Brooklyn Tip-Tops 5
Benny Meyer 77 Baltimore Terrapins  
Buffalo Buffeds  
Jack Tobin 68 St. Louis Terriers 7
Dutch Zwilling 67 Chicago Whales 8
Mike Mowrey 66 Pittsburgh Rebels 9
Al Scheer 65 Newark Peppers 10
Al Wickland 65 Chicago Whales  
Pittsburgh Rebels  
Art Wilson 65 Chicago Whales  
Baldy Louden 64 Buffalo Buffeds 13
Steve Evans 63 Brooklyn Tip-Tops 14
Baltimore Terrapins  
Chet Chadbourne 62 Kansas City Packers 15
Bill Rariden 60 Newark Peppers 16
Jimmy Esmond 59 Newark Peppers 17
Bobby Vaughn 58 St. Louis Terriers 18
George Perring 57 Kansas City Packers 19
Joe Agler 54 Buffalo Buffeds 20
Baltimore Terrapins  
Vern Duncan 54 Baltimore Terrapins  
George Anderson 52 Brooklyn Tip-Tops 22
Jack Dalton 50 Buffalo Buffeds 23
Frank LaPorte 48 Newark Peppers 24
Ernie Johnson 46 St. Louis Terriers 25



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