Bases on Balls : 1895 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1895 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Billy Hamilton 96 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Bill Joyce 96 Washington Senators  
Mike Griffin 93 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 3
Ed Delahanty 86 Philadelphia Phillies 4
Joe Kelley 77 Baltimore Orioles 5
Jesse Burkett 74 Cleveland Spiders 6
Cupid Childs 74 Cleveland Spiders  
Billy Nash 74 Boston Beaneaters  
Bid McPhee 73 Cincinnati Reds 9
Tommy McCarthy 72 Boston Beaneaters 10
Kip Selbach 69 Washington Senators 11
Jack Crooks 68 Washington Senators 12
Tom Brown 66 St. Louis Browns 13
Washington Senators  
Mike Tiernan 66 New York Giants  
Shorty Fuller 64 New York Giants 15
Roger Connor 63 St. Louis Browns 16
Hugh Duffy 63 Boston Beaneaters  
Bill Dahlen 61 Chicago Colts 18
Tommy Tucker 61 Boston Beaneaters  
John McGraw 60 Baltimore Orioles 20
Jake Stenzel 57 Pittsburgh Pirates 21
George Van Haltren 57 New York Giants  
Cap Anson 55 Chicago Colts 23
George Davis 55 New York Giants  
Bill Lange 55 Chicago Colts  



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.

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.

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