Bases on Balls : 1907 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1907 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Miller Huggins 83 Cincinnati Reds 1
Roy Thomas 83 Philadelphia Phillies  
Spike Shannon 82 New York Giants 3
Fred Tenney 82 Boston Doves  
Goat Anderson 80 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Jimmy Sheckard 76 Chicago Cubs 6
Jimmy Slagle 76 Chicago Cubs  
Tim Jordan 74 Brooklyn Superbas 8
Fred Clarke 68 Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Ed Abbaticchio 65 Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Art Devlin 63 New York Giants 11
Roger Bresnahan 61 New York Giants 12
Al Bridwell 61 Boston Doves  
Sammy Strang 60 New York Giants 14
Ernie Courtney 55 Philadelphia Phillies 15
Sherry Magee 53 Philadelphia Phillies 16
Otto Knabe 52 Philadelphia Phillies 17
Frank Chance 51 Chicago Cubs 18
Bill Dahlen 51 New York Giants  
Claude Ritchey 50 Boston Doves 20
John Titus 47 Philadelphia Phillies 21
Honus Wagner 46 Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Solly Hofman 41 Chicago Cubs 23
Tommy Leach 40 Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Johnny Bates 39 Boston Doves 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.

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.