Bases on Balls : 1932 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1932 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Babe Ruth 130 New York Yankees 1
Jimmie Foxx 116 Philadelphia Athletics 2
Max Bishop 110 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Lou Gehrig 108 New York Yankees 4
Mickey Cochrane 100 Philadelphia Athletics 5
Ed Morgan 94 Cleveland Indians 6
Goose Goslin 92 St. Louis Browns 7
Ossie Bluege 83 Washington Senators 8
Tony Lazzeri 82 New York Yankees 9
Earle Combs 81 New York Yankees 10
Jimmy Dykes 77 Philadelphia Athletics 11
Earl Averill 75 Cleveland Indians 12
Willie Kamm 75 Cleveland Indians  
Ben Chapman 71 New York Yankees 14
Fred Schulte 71 St. Louis Browns  
Buddy Myer 69 Washington Senators 16
Charlie Gehringer 68 Detroit Tigers 17
Joe Cronin 66 Washington Senators 18
Rick Ferrell 66 St. Louis Browns  
Lu Blue 64 Chicago White Sox 20
Roy Johnson 64 Detroit Tigers  
Boston Red Sox  
Dick Porter 64 Cleveland Indians  
Earl Webb 64 Boston Red Sox  
Detroit Tigers  
Mule Haas 62 Philadelphia Athletics 24
Dale Alexander 61 Detroit Tigers 25
Boston Red Sox  



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.

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).