Bases on Balls : 1914 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1914 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Miller Huggins 105 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Vic Saier 94 Chicago Cubs 2
George Burns 89 New York Giants 3
Johnny Evers 87 Boston Braves 4
Gavvy Cravath 83 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Tommy Leach 79 Chicago Cubs 6
Heinie Groh 64 Cincinnati Reds 7
Jim Viox 63 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Max Carey 59 Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Larry Doyle 58 New York Giants 10
Herbie Moran 58 Cincinnati Reds  
Boston Braves  
Red Smith 58 Brooklyn Robins  
Boston Braves  
Dode Paskert 56 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Casey Stengel 56 Brooklyn Robins  
Cozy Dolan 55 St. Louis Cardinals 15
Sherry Magee 55 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jack Dalton 53 Brooklyn Robins 17
Wilbur Good 53 Chicago Cubs  
Bill Sweeney 53 Chicago Cubs  
Fred Merkle 52 New York Giants 20
Honus Wagner 51 Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Roger Bresnahan 49 Chicago Cubs 22
Joe Connolly 49 Boston Braves  
Hans Lobert 49 Philadelphia Phillies  
Hank Gowdy 48 Boston Braves 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.

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?

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).