Bases on Balls : 1941 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
 

1941 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ted Williams 147 Boston Red Sox 1
Roy Cullenbine 121 St. Louis Browns 2
Harlond Clift 113 St. Louis Browns 3
Charlie Keller 102 New York Yankees 4
Charlie Gehringer 95 Detroit Tigers 5
Bob Johnson 95 Philadelphia Athletics  
Benny McCoy 95 Philadelphia Athletics  
Jimmie Foxx 93 Boston Red Sox 8
Rudy York 92 Detroit Tigers 9
Dom DiMaggio 90 Boston Red Sox 10
Lou Boudreau 85 Cleveland Indians 11
Luke Appling 82 Chicago White Sox 12
Joe Cronin 82 Boston Red Sox  
Buddy Lewis 82 Washington Senators  
Tommy Henrich 81 New York Yankees 15
Wally Judnich 80 St. Louis Browns 16
Joe DiMaggio 76 New York Yankees 17
George McQuinn 74 St. Louis Browns 18
Joe Gordon 72 New York Yankees 19
Joe Kuhel 70 Chicago White Sox 20
Bruce Campbell 68 Detroit Tigers 21
Rick Ferrell 67 Washington Senators 22
St. Louis Browns  
Pinky Higgins 67 Detroit Tigers  
Frankie Hayes 62 Philadelphia Athletics 24
Wally Moses 62 Philadelphia Athletics  



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

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.

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.