1909 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
Donie Bush	88	Detroit Tigers	1
Eddie Collins	62	Philadelphia Athletics	2
Ray Demmitt	55	New York Highlanders	3
Matty McIntyre	54	Detroit Tigers	4
Harry Davis	51	Philadelphia Athletics	5
Patsy Dougherty	51	Chicago White Sox
Ty Cobb	48	Detroit Tigers	7
Topsy Hartsel	48	Philadelphia Athletics
Sam Crawford	47	Detroit Tigers	9
Clyde Engle	47	New York Highlanders
Freddy Parent	46	Chicago White Sox	11
Jack Barry	44	Philadelphia Athletics	12
Doc Gessler	43	Boston Red Sox	13
		Washington Senators
Jake Stahl	43	Boston Red Sox
Bill Hinchman	41	Cleveland Naps	15
Danny Hoffman	41	St. Louis Browns
Jim Delahanty	40	Washington Senators	17
		Detroit Tigers
Dave Altizer	39	Chicago White Sox	18
Harry Niles	39	Boston Red Sox
Jake Atz	38	Chicago White Sox	20
Tris Speaker	38	Boston Red Sox
Bobby Wallace	38	St. Louis Browns
Wid Conroy	37	Washington Senators	23
John Knight	37	New York Highlanders
George McBride	36	Washington Senators	25
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank

	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). 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. 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.