1899 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
John McGraw	124	Baltimore Orioles	1
Roy Thomas	115	Philadelphia Phillies	2
Cupid Childs	74	St. Louis Perfectos	3
George Van Haltren	74	New York Giants
Billy Hamilton	72	Boston Beaneaters	5
Chick Stahl	72	Boston Beaneaters
Joe Kelley	70	Brooklyn Superbas	7
Kip Selbach	70	Cincinnati Reds
Tom Daly	69	Brooklyn Superbas	9
Jesse Burkett	67	St. Louis Perfectos	10
Bill Dahlen	67	Brooklyn Superbas
Fred Tenney	63	Boston Beaneaters	12
Dummy Hoy	61	Louisville Colonels	13
Jimmy Williams	60	Pittsburgh Pirates	14
Monte Cross	56	Philadelphia Phillies	15
Jimmy Sheckard	56	Baltimore Orioles
Ed Delahanty	55	Philadelphia Phillies	17
Jimmy Slagle	55	Washington Senators
Fielder Jones	54	Brooklyn Superbas	19
Bobby Wallace	54	St. Louis Perfectos
George Magoon	50	Baltimore Orioles	21
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Fred Clarke	49	Louisville Colonels	22
Claude Ritchey	49	Louisville Colonels
Tommy Dowd	48	Cleveland Spiders	24
Tom McCreery	47	Pittsburgh Pirates	25
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank

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