Bases on Balls : 1929 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1929 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Max Bishop 128 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Lu Blue 126 St. Louis Browns 2
Lou Gehrig 122 New York Yankees 3
Jimmie Foxx 103 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Joe Cronin 85 Washington Senators 5
Alex Metzler 80 Chicago White Sox 6
Willie Kamm 75 Chicago White Sox 7
Wally Schang 74 St. Louis Browns 8
Joe Judge 73 Washington Senators 9
Babe Ruth 72 New York Yankees 10
Mickey Cochrane 69 Philadelphia Athletics 11
Earle Combs 69 New York Yankees  
Tony Lazzeri 68 New York Yankees 13
Roy Johnson 67 Detroit Tigers 14
Goose Goslin 66 Washington Senators 15
Charlie Gehringer 64 Detroit Tigers 16
Earl Averill 63 Cleveland Indians 17
Buddy Myer 63 Washington Senators  
Beauty McGowan 61 St. Louis Browns 19
Harry Rice 61 Detroit Tigers  
Marty McManus 60 Detroit Tigers 21
Bobby Reeves 60 Boston Red Sox  
Fred Schulte 59 St. Louis Browns 23
Dale Alexander 56 Detroit Tigers 24
Sam Rice 55 Washington Senators 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.

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.