Bases on Balls : 1916 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)
 

1916 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Burt Shotton 110 St. Louis Browns 1
Jack Graney 102 Cleveland Indians 2
Eddie Collins 86 Chicago White Sox 3
Tris Speaker 82 Cleveland Indians 4
Harry Hooper 80 Boston Red Sox 5
Ty Cobb 78 Detroit Tigers 6
Donie Bush 75 Detroit Tigers 7
Ossie Vitt 75 Detroit Tigers  
Jimmy Austin 74 St. Louis Browns 9
Ward Miller 72 St. Louis Browns 10
Eddie Foster 68 Washington Senators 11
Amos Strunk 66 Philadelphia Athletics 12
Roger Peckinpaugh 62 New York Yankees 13
Ralph Young 62 Detroit Tigers  
Shano Collins 59 Chicago White Sox 15
Ray Morgan 59 Washington Senators  
Jimmy Walsh 58 Philadelphia Athletics 17
Boston Red Sox  
Armando Marsans 57 St. Louis Browns 18
Clyde Milan 56 Washington Senators 19
Whitey Witt 55 Philadelphia Athletics 20
Joe Judge 54 Washington Senators 21
Wally Pipp 54 New York Yankees  
Del Pratt 54 St. Louis Browns  
Bobby Veach 52 Detroit Tigers 24
Ray Chapman 50 Cleveland Indians 25



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

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.