1953 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
Eddie Yost	123	Washington Senators	1
Ferris Fain	108	Chicago White Sox	2
Larry Doby	96	Cleveland Indians	3
Dick Gernert	88	Boston Red Sox	4
Al Rosen	85	Cleveland Indians	5
Gene Woodling	82	New York Yankees	6
Mickey Mantle	79	New York Yankees	7
Minnie Minoso	74	Chicago White Sox	8
Jackie Jensen	73	Washington Senators	9
Ray Boone	72	Cleveland Indians	10
		Detroit Tigers
Vic Wertz	72	St. Louis Browns
Phil Rizzuto	71	New York Yankees	12
Jim Delsing	66	Detroit Tigers	13
Pete Runnels	64	Washington Senators	14
Wayne Terwilliger	64	Washington Senators
Eddie Robinson	63	Philadelphia Athletics	16
Mickey Vernon	63	Washington Senators
Bob Elliott	61	St. Louis Browns	18
		Chicago White Sox
Gil McDougald	60	New York Yankees	19
Hank Bauer	59	New York Yankees	20
Joe Collins	59	New York Yankees
Bobby Avila	58	Cleveland Indians	22
Sam Mele	58	Chicago White Sox
Billy Goodman	57	Boston Red Sox	24
Bob Nieman	57	Detroit Tigers
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank

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