1947 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
Ted Williams	162	Boston Red Sox	1
Roy Cullenbine	137	Detroit Tigers	2
Eddie Lake	120	Detroit Tigers	3
Eddie Joost	114	Philadelphia Athletics	4
Ferris Fain	95	Philadelphia Athletics	5
Snuffy Stirnweiss	89	New York Yankees	6
Jeff Heath	88	St. Louis Browns	7
Stan Spence	81	Washington Senators	8
Dick Wakefield	80	Detroit Tigers	9
George McQuinn	78	New York Yankees	10
Dom DiMaggio	74	Boston Red Sox	11
Johnny Pesky	72	Boston Red Sox	12
Tommy Henrich	71	New York Yankees	13
Vern Stephens	70	St. Louis Browns	14
Lou Boudreau	67	Cleveland Indians	15
Floyd Baker	66	Chicago White Sox	16
Sam Chapman	65	Philadelphia Athletics	17
Luke Appling	64	Chicago White Sox	18
Joe DiMaggio	64	New York Yankees
Elmer Valo	64	Philadelphia Athletics
Pat Mullin	63	Detroit Tigers	21
Joe Gordon	62	Cleveland Indians	22
Jerry Priddy	62	Washington Senators
George Kell	61	Detroit Tigers	24
Wally Judnich	60	St. Louis Browns	25
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank

	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.