Bases on Balls : 1892 National 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1892 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jack Crooks 136 St. Louis Browns 1
Cupid Childs 117 Cleveland Spiders 2
Roger Connor 116 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Tommy McCarthy 93 Boston Beaneaters 4
Bob Caruthers 86 St. Louis Browns 5
Dummy Hoy 86 Washington Senators  
Paul Radford 86 Washington Senators  
Dan Brouthers 84 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 8
Bid McPhee 84 Cincinnati Reds  
Jake Virtue 84 Cleveland Spiders  
Bill Joyce 82 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 11
Elmer Smith 82 Pittsburgh Pirates  
John Ward 82 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Billy Hamilton 81 Philadelphia Phillies 14
George Van Haltren 76 Baltimore Orioles 15
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Doggie Miller 69 Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Mike Griffin 68 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 17
Cap Anson 67 Chicago Colts 18
Jesse Burkett 67 Cleveland Spiders  
George Gore 67 New York Giants  
St. Louis Browns  
Fred Pfeffer 67 Louisville Colonels  
Oyster Burns 65 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 22
Tom Daly 64 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 23
Jimmy McAleer 63 Cleveland Spiders 24
Bob Allen 61 Philadelphia Phillies 25



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.

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.