Top 25 Bases on Balls in 1882 in the National League

Bases on Balls : 1882 National League Top 25

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"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)

1882 Bases on Balls Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

George Gore 29 Chicago White Stockings 1

Orator Shafer 27 Cleveland Blues 2

Ned Williamson 27 Chicago White Stockings

Ned Hanlon 26 Detroit Wolverines 4

Ezra Sutton 24 Boston Red Caps 5

Jim Whitney 24 Boston Red Caps

Fred Dunlap 23 Cleveland Blues 7

Bob Ferguson 23 Troy Trojans

Harry Stovey 22 Worcester Ruby Legs 9

Dan Brouthers 21 Buffalo Bisons 10

Cap Anson 20 Chicago White Stockings 11

Charlie Bennett 20 Detroit Wolverines

Martin Powell 19 Detroit Wolverines 13

Ed Rowen 19 Boston Red Caps

Tom York 19 Providence Grays

John Morrill 18 Boston Red Caps 16

Tim Keefe 17 Troy Trojans 17

Jack Farrell 16 Providence Grays 18

Pete Hotaling 16 Boston Red Caps

Lon Knight 16 Detroit Wolverines

Tom Burns 15 Chicago White Stockings 21

Deacon White 15 Buffalo Bisons

George Creamer 14 Worcester Ruby Legs 23

Abner Dalrymple 14 Chicago White Stockings

Arthur Irwin 14 Worcester Ruby Legs

Name Bases on Balls Team Rank

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.

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.

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?

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