Bases on Balls : 1930 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1930 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Hack Wilson 105 Chicago Cubs 1
Mel Ott 103 New York Giants 2
Woody English 100 Chicago Cubs 3
George Grantham 81 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Gus Suhr 80 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Kiki Cuyler 72 Chicago Cubs 6
Babe Herman 66 Brooklyn Robins 7
Harry Heilmann 64 Cincinnati Reds 8
Curt Walker 64 Cincinnati Reds  
Lefty O'Doul 63 Philadelphia Phillies 10
Taylor Douthit 60 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Bill Terry 57 New York Giants 12
Paul Waner 57 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Del Bissonette 56 Brooklyn Robins 14
Frankie Frisch 55 St. Louis Cardinals 15
Gabby Hartnett 55 Chicago Cubs  
Wally Berger 54 Boston Braves 17
Chuck Klein 54 Philadelphia Phillies  
Rube Bressler 51 Brooklyn Robins 19
Adam Comorosky 51 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Joe Stripp 51 Cincinnati Reds  
Freddie Lindstrom 48 New York Giants 22
Rabbit Maranville 48 Boston Braves  
Pie Traynor 48 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Tony Cuccinello 47 Cincinnati Reds 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?

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.