Bases on Balls : 1913 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)
 

1913 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bob Bescher 94 Cincinnati Reds 1
Miller Huggins 92 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Tommy Leach 77 Chicago Cubs 3
Al Bridwell 74 Chicago Cubs 4
Rabbit Maranville 68 Boston Braves 5
Jimmy Sheckard 68 St. Louis Cardinals  
Cincinnati Reds  
Johnny Bates 67 Cincinnati Reds 7
Joe Connolly 66 Boston Braves 8
Bill Sweeney 66 Boston Braves  
Dode Paskert 65 Philadelphia Phillies 10
Jim Viox 64 Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Vic Saier 62 Chicago Cubs 12
Tillie Shafer 61 New York Giants 13
Larry Doyle 59 New York Giants 14
George Burns 58 New York Giants 15
Casey Stengel 56 Brooklyn Dodgers 16
Max Carey 55 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Gavvy Cravath 55 Philadelphia Phillies  
Ed Konetchy 53 St. Louis Cardinals 19
Mike Mowrey 53 St. Louis Cardinals  
Fred Snodgrass 53 New York Giants  
Johnny Evers 50 Chicago Cubs 22
Mike Mitchell 46 Chicago Cubs 23
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Otto Knabe 45 Philadelphia Phillies 24
Herbie Moran 45 Brooklyn Dodgers  



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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.