Bases on Balls : 1899 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)
 

1899 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

John McGraw 124 Baltimore Orioles 1
Roy Thomas 115 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Cupid Childs 74 St. Louis Perfectos 3
George Van Haltren 74 New York Giants  
Billy Hamilton 72 Boston Beaneaters 5
Chick Stahl 72 Boston Beaneaters  
Joe Kelley 70 Brooklyn Superbas 7
Kip Selbach 70 Cincinnati Reds  
Tom Daly 69 Brooklyn Superbas 9
Jesse Burkett 67 St. Louis Perfectos 10
Bill Dahlen 67 Brooklyn Superbas  
Fred Tenney 63 Boston Beaneaters 12
Dummy Hoy 61 Louisville Colonels 13
Jimmy Williams 60 Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Monte Cross 56 Philadelphia Phillies 15
Jimmy Sheckard 56 Baltimore Orioles  
Ed Delahanty 55 Philadelphia Phillies 17
Jimmy Slagle 55 Washington Senators  
Fielder Jones 54 Brooklyn Superbas 19
Bobby Wallace 54 St. Louis Perfectos  
George Magoon 50 Baltimore Orioles 21
Chicago Orphans  
Fred Clarke 49 Louisville Colonels 22
Claude Ritchey 49 Louisville Colonels  
Tommy Dowd 48 Cleveland Spiders 24
Tom McCreery 47 Pittsburgh Pirates 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.

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 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?