Bases on Balls : 1918 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)
 

1918 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Max Carey 62 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Max Flack 56 Chicago Cubs 2
Dave Bancroft 54 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Gavvy Cravath 54 Philadelphia Phillies  
Heinie Groh 54 Cincinnati Reds  
Dode Paskert 53 Chicago Cubs 6
Al Wickland 53 Boston Braves  
Charlie Hollocher 47 Chicago Cubs 8
Red Smith 45 Boston Braves 9
Ross Youngs 44 New York Giants 10
George Burns 43 New York Giants 11
Carson Bigbee 42 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Fred Luderus 42 Philadelphia Phillies  
Rogers Hornsby 40 St. Louis Cardinals 14
Mike Gonzalez 39 St. Louis Cardinals 15
Tommy Griffith 39 Cincinnati Reds  
Les Mann 38 Chicago Cubs 17
Larry Doyle 37 New York Giants 18
Sherry Magee 37 Cincinnati Reds  
Fred Merkle 35 Chicago Cubs 20
Milt Stock 35 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jimmy Johnston 33 Brooklyn Robins 22
Howdy Caton 32 Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Ed Konetchy 32 Boston Braves  
Walton Cruise 30 St. Louis Cardinals 25



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.

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).