Bases on Balls : 1910 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1910 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Miller Huggins 116 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Johnny Evers 108 Chicago Cubs 2
Sherry Magee 94 Philadelphia Phillies 3
John Titus 93 Philadelphia Phillies 4
Jimmy Sheckard 83 Chicago Cubs 5
Bob Bescher 81 Cincinnati Reds 6
Steve Evans 78 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Ed Konetchy 78 St. Louis Cardinals  
Al Bridwell 73 New York Giants 9
Larry Doyle 71 New York Giants 10
Fred Snodgrass 71 New York Giants  
Dode Paskert 70 Cincinnati Reds 12
Tony Smith 69 Brooklyn Superbas 13
Mike Mowrey 67 St. Louis Cardinals 14
Bobby Byrne 66 Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Solly Hofman 65 Chicago Cubs 16
Art Devlin 62 New York Giants 17
Rube Ellis 62 St. Louis Cardinals  
Johnny Bates 61 Philadelphia Phillies 19
Bill Sweeney 61 Boston Doves  
Mike Mitchell 59 Cincinnati Reds 21
Honus Wagner 59 Pittsburgh Pirates  
John Hummel 57 Brooklyn Superbas 23
Roger Bresnahan 55 St. Louis Cardinals 24
Fred Clarke 53 Pittsburgh Pirates 25



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.

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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.