Bases on Balls : 1934 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1934 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jimmie Foxx 111 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Lou Gehrig 109 New York Yankees 2
Babe Ruth 104 New York Yankees 3
Buddy Myer 102 Washington Senators 4
Earl Averill 99 Cleveland Indians 5
Charlie Gehringer 99 Detroit Tigers  
Harlond Clift 84 St. Louis Browns 7
Max Bishop 82 Boston Red Sox 8
Ed Morgan 81 Boston Red Sox 9
Mickey Cochrane 78 Detroit Tigers 10
Bill Werber 77 Boston Red Sox 11
Billy Rogell 74 Detroit Tigers 12
Tony Lazzeri 71 New York Yankees 13
Jo-Jo White 69 Detroit Tigers 14
Ben Chapman 67 New York Yankees 15
Lyn Lary 67 New York Yankees  
Boston Red Sox  
Rick Ferrell 66 Boston Red Sox 17
Goose Goslin 65 Detroit Tigers 18
Zeke Bonura 64 Chicago White Sox 19
Jimmy Dykes 64 Chicago White Sox  
Hank Greenberg 63 Detroit Tigers 21
Jack Burns 62 St. Louis Browns 22
Willie Kamm 62 Cleveland Indians  
Sam West 62 St. Louis Browns  
Frankie Crosetti 61 New York Yankees 25



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.

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.