Bases on Balls : 1925 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1925 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jack Fournier 86 Brooklyn Robins 1
Rogers Hornsby 83 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Eddie Moore 73 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Max Carey 66 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Ross Youngs 66 New York Giants  
Dave Bancroft 64 Boston Braves 6
Heinie Sand 64 Philadelphia Phillies  
Clyde Barnhart 59 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Ray Blades 59 St. Louis Cardinals  
Kiki Cuyler 58 Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Curt Walker 57 Cincinnati Reds 11
Bernie Friberg 53 Chicago Cubs 12
Philadelphia Phillies  
Cy Williams 53 Philadelphia Phillies  
Pie Traynor 52 Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Dick Burrus 51 Boston Braves 15
Billy Southworth 51 New York Giants  
George Grantham 50 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Bob O'Farrell 48 Chicago Cubs 18
St. Louis Cardinals  
Jim Bottomley 47 St. Louis Cardinals 19
Jimmy Johnston 45 Brooklyn Robins 20
Zack Wheat 45 Brooklyn Robins  
Sparky Adams 44 Chicago Cubs 22
Les Bell 43 St. Louis Cardinals 23
Bill Terry 42 New York Giants 24
Rube Bressler 40 Cincinnati Reds 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 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?

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).