Bases on Balls : 1919 National League Top 25

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"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)
 

1919 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

George Burns 82 New York Giants 1
Morrie Rath 64 Cincinnati Reds 2
Heinie Groh 56 Cincinnati Reds 3
Fred Luderus 54 Philadelphia Phillies 4
Tony Boeckel 53 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Boston Braves  
Ross Youngs 51 New York Giants 6
Milt Stock 49 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Rogers Hornsby 48 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Greasy Neale 47 Cincinnati Reds 9
Charlie Hollocher 44 Chicago Cubs 10
Edd Roush 42 Cincinnati Reds 11
Ray Powell 41 Boston Braves 12
Red Smith 40 Boston Braves 13
Benny Kauff 39 New York Giants 14
Carson Bigbee 37 Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Rabbit Maranville 36 Boston Braves 16
Gavvy Cravath 35 Philadelphia Phillies 17
Jake Daubert 35 Cincinnati Reds  
Casey Stengel 35 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Max Flack 34 Chicago Cubs 20
Fred Merkle 33 Chicago Cubs 21
Zack Wheat 33 Brooklyn Robins  
Billy Southworth 32 Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Dave Bancroft 31 Philadelphia Phillies 24
Larry Doyle 31 New York Giants  



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).