Bases on Balls : 1904 National League Top 25

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1904 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Roy Thomas 102 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Miller Huggins 88 Cincinnati Reds 2
Art Devlin 62 New York Giants 3
Claude Ritchey 59 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Honus Wagner 59 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Roger Bresnahan 58 New York Giants 6
Fred Tenney 57 Boston Beaneaters 7
Phil Geier 56 Boston Beaneaters 8
Jimmy Sheckard 56 Brooklyn Superbas  
Sam Mertes 54 New York Giants 10
Charlie Babb 53 Brooklyn Superbas 11
Spike Shannon 50 St. Louis Cardinals 12
Joe Kelley 49 Cincinnati Reds 13
John Farrell 46 St. Louis Cardinals 14
Billy Gilbert 46 New York Giants  
John Titus 46 Philadelphia Phillies  
Tommy Leach 45 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Sammy Strang 45 Brooklyn Superbas  
Bill Dahlen 44 New York Giants 19
Mike McCormick 43 Brooklyn Superbas 20
Davy Jones 41 Chicago Cubs 21
Harry Lumley 41 Brooklyn Superbas  
Jimmy Slagle 41 Chicago Cubs  
Ed Abbaticchio 40 Boston Beaneaters 24
Pop Dillon 40 Brooklyn Superbas  



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.

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.