Bases on Balls : 1904 American 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1904 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jimmy Barrett 79 Detroit Tigers 1
Jesse Burkett 78 St. Louis Browns 2
Topsy Hartsel 75 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Billy Lush 72 Cleveland Blues 4
Kip Selbach 72 Washington Senators  
Boston Americans  
Chick Stahl 64 Boston Americans 6
Danny Green 63 Chicago White Sox 7
Fielder Jones 53 Chicago White Sox 8
Elmer Flick 51 Cleveland Blues 9
Charles Moran 48 Washington Senators 10
St. Louis Browns  
Monte Cross 46 Philadelphia Athletics 11
Ollie Pickering 45 Philadelphia Athletics 12
Sam Crawford 44 Detroit Tigers 13
Patsy Dougherty 44 Boston Americans  
New York Highlanders  
Matty McIntyre 44 Detroit Tigers  
Harry Bay 43 Cleveland Blues 16
Wid Conroy 43 New York Highlanders  
George Davis 43 Chicago White Sox  
Socks Seybold 42 Philadelphia Athletics 19
Bobby Wallace 42 St. Louis Browns  
Lew Drill 41 Washington Senators 21
Detroit Tigers  
Dick Padden 40 St. Louis Browns 22
Nixey Callahan 39 Chicago White Sox 23
Jimmy Williams 38 New York Highlanders 24
Kid Elberfeld 37 New York Highlanders 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?

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