Bases on Balls : 1890 National League Top 25

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"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1890 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Cap Anson 113 Chicago Colts 1
Bob Allen 87 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Ed McKean 87 Cleveland Spiders  
Hub Collins 85 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 4
Billy Hamilton 83 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Bid McPhee 82 Cincinnati Reds 6
George Pinkney 80 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 7
Pop Smith 80 Boston Beaneaters  
Jimmy Cooney 73 Chicago Colts 9
Charlie Bennett 72 Boston Beaneaters 10
Doggie Miller 68 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 11
Mike Tiernan 68 New York Giants  
Steve Brodie 66 Boston Beaneaters 13
Walt Wilmot 64 Chicago Colts 14
Eddie Burke 63 Philadelphia Phillies 15
Pittsburgh Alleghenys  
Will Smalley 60 Cleveland Spiders 16
Tom Burns 57 Chicago Colts 17
Al McCauley 57 Philadelphia Phillies  
Al Myers 57 Philadelphia Phillies  
Marty Sullivan 56 Boston Beaneaters 20
Tommy Tucker 56 Boston Beaneaters  
Cliff Carroll 53 Chicago Colts 22
George Davis 53 Cleveland Spiders  
Dave Foutz 52 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 24
Oyster Burns 51 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 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.

Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

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).