Bases on Balls : 1903 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:

"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)
 

1903 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Roy Thomas 107 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Bill Dahlen 82 Brooklyn Superbas 2
Jimmy Slagle 81 Chicago Cubs 3
Frank Chance 78 Chicago Cubs 4
Jimmy Sheckard 75 Brooklyn Superbas 5
Sammy Strang 75 Brooklyn Superbas  
Fred Tenney 70 Boston Beaneaters 7
Roger Bresnahan 61 New York Giants 8
Charlie Dexter 61 Boston Beaneaters  
Sam Mertes 61 New York Giants  
Mike Donlin 56 Cincinnati Reds 11
John Dobbs 55 Chicago Cubs 12
Brooklyn Superbas  
Claude Ritchey 55 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jack Doyle 54 Brooklyn Superbas 14
Davy Jones 53 Chicago Cubs 15
Ed Abbaticchio 52 Boston Beaneaters 16
Joe Kelley 51 Cincinnati Reds 17
John Farrell 48 St. Louis Cardinals 18
Harry Steinfeldt 47 Cincinnati Reds 19
Charlie Babb 45 New York Giants 20
Dick Harley 45 Chicago Cubs  
Ginger Beaumont 44 Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Duff Cooley 44 Boston Beaneaters  
Honus Wagner 44 Pittsburgh Pirates  
George Browne 43 New York Giants 25



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.

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

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.