Bases on Balls : 1920 American League Top 25

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1920 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Babe Ruth 150 New York Yankees 1
Tris Speaker 97 Cleveland Indians 2
Harry Hooper 88 Boston Red Sox 3
Ralph Young 85 Detroit Tigers 4
Braggo Roth 75 Washington Senators 5
Donie Bush 73 Detroit Tigers 6
Roger Peckinpaugh 72 New York Yankees 7
Eddie Collins 69 Chicago White Sox 8
Steve O'Neill 69 Cleveland Indians  
Ray Schalk 68 Chicago White Sox 10
Joe Judge 65 Washington Senators 11
Mike Menosky 65 Boston Red Sox  
Wally Schang 64 Boston Red Sox 13
Ty Cobb 58 Detroit Tigers 14
Wally Gerber 58 St. Louis Browns  
Joe Jackson 56 Chicago White Sox 16
Jimmy Dykes 55 Philadelphia Athletics 17
Joe Gedeon 55 St. Louis Browns  
Nemo Leibold 55 Chicago White Sox  
Bill Wambsganss 54 Cleveland Indians 20
Larry Gardner 53 Cleveland Indians 21
Elmer Smith 53 Cleveland Indians  
Ray Chapman 52 Cleveland Indians 23
Del Pratt 50 New York Yankees 24
Amos Strunk 49 Philadelphia Athletics 25
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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.

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).