Bases on Balls : 1950 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1950 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Eddie Stanky 144 New York Giants 1
Ralph Kiner 122 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Earl Torgeson 119 Boston Braves 3
Wes Westrum 92 New York Giants 4
Pee Wee Reese 91 Brooklyn Dodgers 5
Tommy Glaviano 90 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Stan Musial 87 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Hank Thompson 83 New York Giants 8
Jackie Robinson 80 Brooklyn Dodgers 9
Sid Gordon 78 Boston Braves 10
Gil Hodges 73 Brooklyn Dodgers 11
Grady Hatton 70 Cincinnati Reds 12
Andy Pafko 69 Chicago Cubs 13
Bob Elliott 68 Boston Braves 14
Andy Seminick 68 Philadelphia Phillies  
Enos Slaughter 66 St. Louis Cardinals 16
Bill Serena 65 Chicago Cubs 17
Connie Ryan 64 Boston Braves 18
Cincinnati Reds  
Dick Sisler 64 Philadelphia Phillies  
Richie Ashburn 63 Philadelphia Phillies 20
Willie Jones 61 Philadelphia Phillies 21
Hank Sauer 60 Chicago Cubs 22
Duke Snider 58 Brooklyn Dodgers 23
Del Ennis 56 Philadelphia Phillies 24
Roy Campanella 55 Brooklyn Dodgers 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.

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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.