Bases on Balls : 1876 National 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:

"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)
 

1876 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ross Barnes 20 Chicago White Stockings 1
Jim O'Rourke 15 Boston Red Caps 2
Jack Burdock 13 Hartford Dark Blues 3
Cap Anson 12 Chicago White Stockings 4
John Glenn 12 Chicago White Stockings  
Denny Mack 11 St. Louis Brown Stockings 6
Tom York 10 Hartford Dark Blues 7
Amos Booth 9 Cincinnati Red Stockings 8
Herman Dehlman 9 St. Louis Brown Stockings  
John Clapp 8 St. Louis Brown Stockings 10
George Hall 8 Philadelphia Athletics  
Tim Murnane 8 Boston Red Caps  
Lip Pike 8 St. Louis Brown Stockings  
George Wright 8 Boston Red Caps  
Ned Cuthbert 7 St. Louis Brown Stockings 15
Charley Jones 7 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Henry Kessler 7 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Jack Manning 7 Boston Red Caps  
Deacon White 7 Chicago White Stockings  
Joe Battin 6 St. Louis Brown Stockings 20
Charlie Gould 6 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Johnny Ryan 6 Louisville Grays  
Al Spalding 6 Chicago White Stockings  
Bob Addy 5 Chicago White Stockings 24
Bobby Clack 5 Cincinnati Red Stockings  



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).

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.