Bases on Balls : 1911 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:

"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)
 

1911 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Donie Bush 98 Detroit Tigers 1
Doc Gessler 74 Washington Senators 2
Clyde Milan 74 Washington Senators  
Harry Hooper 73 Boston Red Sox 4
Jimmy Austin 69 St. Louis Browns 5
Jack Graney 66 Cleveland Naps 6
Kid Elberfeld 65 Washington Senators 7
Larry Gardner 64 Boston Red Sox 8
Matty McIntyre 64 Chicago White Sox  
Roy Hartzell 63 New York Highlanders 10
Eddie Collins 62 Philadelphia Athletics 11
Harry Wolter 62 New York Highlanders  
Sam Crawford 61 Detroit Tigers 13
Tris Speaker 59 Boston Red Sox 14
Germany Schaefer 57 Washington Senators 15
Birdie Cree 56 New York Highlanders 16
Jim Delahanty 56 Detroit Tigers  
Joe Jackson 56 Cleveland Naps  
George McBride 52 Washington Senators 19
Steve Yerkes 52 Boston Red Sox  
Clyde Engle 51 Boston Red Sox 21
Burt Shotton 51 St. Louis Browns  
Danny Murphy 50 Philadelphia Athletics 23
Ping Bodie 49 Chicago White Sox 24
Bert Daniels 48 New York Highlanders 25



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.