Bases on Balls : 1920 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1920 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

George Burns 76 New York Giants 1
Ross Youngs 75 New York Giants 2
Dode Paskert 64 Chicago Cubs 3
Heinie Groh 60 Cincinnati Reds 4
Rogers Hornsby 60 St. Louis Cardinals  
Max Carey 59 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Pete Kilduff 58 Brooklyn Robins 7
Max Flack 52 Chicago Cubs 8
Billy Southworth 52 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Zack Wheat 48 Brooklyn Robins 10
Jake Daubert 47 Cincinnati Reds 11
Larry Doyle 47 New York Giants  
Carson Bigbee 45 Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Greasy Neale 45 Cincinnati Reds  
Ray Powell 44 Boston Braves 15
Zeb Terry 44 Chicago Cubs  
Jimmy Johnston 43 Brooklyn Robins 17
Dave Bancroft 42 Philadelphia Phillies 18
New York Giants  
Pat Duncan 42 Cincinnati Reds  
Jack Fournier 42 St. Louis Cardinals  
Edd Roush 42 Cincinnati Reds  
Charlie Hollocher 41 Chicago Cubs 22
George Kelly 41 New York Giants  
Dave Robertson 40 Chicago Cubs 24
Milt Stock 40 St. Louis Cardinals  



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.

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).