Bases on Balls : 1948 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1948 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bob Elliott 131 Boston Braves 1
Ralph Kiner 112 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Johnny Mize 94 New York Giants 3
Bill Nicholson 81 Chicago Cubs 4
Enos Slaughter 81 St. Louis Cardinals  
Earl Torgeson 81 Boston Braves  
Stan Musial 79 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Pee Wee Reese 79 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Sid Gordon 74 New York Giants 9
Grady Hatton 72 Cincinnati Reds 10
Whitey Lockman 68 New York Giants 11
Gene Hermanski 64 Brooklyn Dodgers 12
Willard Marshall 64 New York Giants  
Stan Rojek 61 Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Eddie Stanky 61 Boston Braves  
Richie Ashburn 60 Philadelphia Phillies 16
Danny Murtaugh 60 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Hank Sauer 60 Cincinnati Reds  
Andy Seminick 58 Philadelphia Phillies 19
Jackie Robinson 57 Brooklyn Dodgers 20
Buddy Kerr 56 New York Giants 21
Danny Litwhiler 52 Boston Braves 22
Cincinnati Reds  
Dixie Walker 52 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Johnny Wyrostek 52 Cincinnati Reds  
Jeff Heath 51 Boston Braves 25



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.

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).

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