Bases on Balls : 1933 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)
 

1933 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mel Ott 75 New York Giants 1
Gus Suhr 72 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Pepper Martin 67 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Arky Vaughan 64 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Paul Waner 60 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Dick Bartell 56 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Chuck Klein 56 Philadelphia Phillies  
Woody English 53 Chicago Cubs 8
Hack Wilson 52 Brooklyn Dodgers 9
Babe Herman 50 Chicago Cubs 10
Frankie Frisch 48 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Don Hurst 48 Philadelphia Phillies  
Gus Mancuso 48 New York Giants  
Danny Taylor 47 Brooklyn Dodgers 14
Sparky Adams 45 St. Louis Cardinals 15
Cincinnati Reds  
Billy Herman 45 Chicago Cubs  
Tony Cuccinello 44 Brooklyn Dodgers 17
Lefty O'Doul 44 Brooklyn Dodgers  
New York Giants  
Jim Bottomley 42 Cincinnati Reds 19
Wally Berger 41 Boston Braves 20
Chick Hafey 40 Cincinnati Reds 21
Randy Moore 40 Boston Braves  
Bill Terry 40 New York Giants  
Johnny Vergez 39 New York Giants 24
George Watkins 39 St. Louis Cardinals  



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.

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.

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.