Bases on Balls : 1937 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)
 

1937 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Lou Gehrig 127 New York Yankees 1
Hank Greenberg 102 Detroit Tigers 2
Jimmie Foxx 99 Boston Red Sox 3
Harlond Clift 98 St. Louis Browns 4
Bob Johnson 98 Philadelphia Athletics  
Charlie Gehringer 90 Detroit Tigers 6
Red Rolfe 90 New York Yankees  
Earl Averill 88 Cleveland Indians 8
Lyn Lary 88 Cleveland Indians  
Luke Appling 86 Chicago White Sox 10
Frankie Crosetti 86 New York Yankees  
Joe Cronin 84 Boston Red Sox 12
Ben Chapman 83 Washington Senators 13
Boston Red Sox  
Billy Rogell 83 Detroit Tigers  
Buddy Myer 78 Washington Senators 15
Dixie Walker 78 Chicago White Sox  
Pinky Higgins 76 Boston Red Sox 17
Bill Werber 74 Philadelphia Athletics 18
Bill Dickey 73 New York Yankees 19
Harry Davis 71 St. Louis Browns 20
Tony Lazzeri 71 New York Yankees  
Bruce Campbell 67 Cleveland Indians 22
John Stone 66 Washington Senators 23
Rick Ferrell 65 Boston Red Sox 24
Washington Senators  
Hal Trosky 65 Cleveland Indians  



The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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.