Bases on Balls : 1908 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 key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1908 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Roger Bresnahan 83 New York Giants 1
Fred Tenney 72 New York Giants 2
Johnny Evers 66 Chicago Cubs 3
Fred Clarke 65 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Art Devlin 62 New York Giants 5
Jimmy Sheckard 62 Chicago Cubs  
Tim Jordan 59 Brooklyn Superbas 7
Ed Abbaticchio 58 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Miller Huggins 58 Cincinnati Reds  
Tommy Leach 54 Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Honus Wagner 54 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Tommy Sheehan 53 Brooklyn Superbas 12
John Titus 53 Philadelphia Phillies  
Al Bridwell 52 New York Giants 14
Roy Thomas 51 Philadelphia Phillies 15
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Claude Ritchey 50 Boston Doves 16
Otto Knabe 49 Philadelphia Phillies 17
Sherry Magee 49 Philadelphia Phillies  
Hans Lobert 46 Cincinnati Reds 19
Mike Mitchell 46 Cincinnati Reds  
Bill Sweeney 45 Boston Doves 21
John Kane 43 Cincinnati Reds 22
Jimmy Slagle 43 Chicago Cubs  
Ginger Beaumont 42 Boston Doves 24
Ed Konetchy 38 St. Louis Cardinals 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.

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).