1951 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
Ted Williams	144	Boston Red Sox	1
Eddie Yost	126	Washington Senators	2
Eddie Joost	106	Philadelphia Athletics	3
Larry Doby	101	Cleveland Indians	4
Al Rosen	85	Cleveland Indians	5
Johnny Pesky	84	Boston Red Sox	6
Ferris Fain	80	Philadelphia Athletics	7
Billy Goodman	79	Boston Red Sox	8
Vic Wertz	78	Detroit Tigers	9
Eddie Robinson	77	Chicago White Sox	10
Elmer Valo	75	Philadelphia Athletics	11
Dom DiMaggio	73	Boston Red Sox	12
Minnie Minoso	72	Cleveland Indians	13
		Chicago White Sox
Jerry Priddy	69	Detroit Tigers	14
Dave Philley	65	Chicago White Sox	15
		Philadelphia Athletics
Gus Zernial	63	Chicago White Sox	16
		Philadelphia Athletics
Gene Woodling	62	New York Yankees	17
Joe DiMaggio	61	New York Yankees	18
George Kell	61	Detroit Tigers
Cass Michaels	61	Washington Senators
Bobby Avila	60	Cleveland Indians	21
Al Zarilla	60	Chicago White Sox
Phil Rizzuto	58	New York Yankees	23
Bobby Doerr	57	Boston Red Sox	24
Jim Delsing	56	St. Louis Browns	25
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank

	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? 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. 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.