1959 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
Eddie Yost	135	Detroit Tigers	1
Pete Runnels	95	Boston Red Sox	2
Mickey Mantle	93	New York Yankees	3
Don Buddin	92	Boston Red Sox	4
Harmon Killebrew	90	Washington Senators	5
Jackie Jensen	88	Boston Red Sox	6
Charlie Maxwell	81	Detroit Tigers	7
Jim Landis	78	Chicago White Sox	8
Gene Woodling	78	Baltimore Orioles
Al Kaline	72	Detroit Tigers	10
Rocky Colavito	71	Cleveland Indians	11
Nellie Fox	71	Chicago White Sox
Gus Triandos	65	Baltimore Orioles	13
Earl Torgeson	62	Chicago White Sox	14
Bob Allison	60	Washington Senators	15
Roger Maris	58	Kansas City Athletics	16
Sherm Lollar	55	Chicago White Sox	17
Minnie Minoso	54	Cleveland Indians	18
Luis Aparicio	53	Chicago White Sox	19
Roy Sievers	53	Washington Senators
Dick Gernert	52	Boston Red Sox	21
Ted Williams	52	Boston Red Sox
Billy Klaus	51	Baltimore Orioles	23
George Strickland	51	Cleveland Indians
Harvey Kuenn	48	Detroit Tigers	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). 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. 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?