Bases on Balls : 1894 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1894 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Billy Hamilton 126 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Cupid Childs 107 Cleveland Spiders 2
Joe Kelley 107 Baltimore Orioles  
John McGraw 91 Baltimore Orioles 4
Billy Nash 91 Boston Beaneaters  
Bid McPhee 90 Cincinnati Reds 6
Dummy Hoy 87 Cincinnati Reds 7
Bill Joyce 87 Washington Senators  
Jesse Burkett 84 Cleveland Spiders 9
Piggy Ward 80 Washington Senators 10
Mike Griffin 78 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 11
Tom Daly 77 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 12
Bill Dahlen 76 Chicago Colts 13
Jake Stenzel 75 Pittsburgh Pirates 14
George Treadway 72 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 15
Dan Brouthers 67 Baltimore Orioles 16
George Davis 66 New York Giants 17
Hugh Duffy 66 Boston Beaneaters  
Paul Radford 65 Washington Senators 19
Elmer Smith 65 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Charlie Irwin 63 Chicago Colts 21
Jimmy Bannon 62 Boston Beaneaters 22
Jim Canavan 62 Cincinnati Reds  
George Tebeau 62 Washington Senators  
Cleveland Spiders  
Tom Brown 60 Louisville Colonels 25



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

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.