1961 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
Mickey Mantle	126	New York Yankees	1
Norm Cash	124	Detroit Tigers	2
Rocky Colavito	113	Detroit Tigers	3
Harmon Killebrew	107	Minnesota Twins	4
Bob Allison	103	Minnesota Twins	5
Jim Gentile	96	Baltimore Orioles	6
Albie Pearson	96	Los Angeles Angels
Roger Maris	94	New York Yankees	8
Dick Howser	92	Kansas City Athletics	9
Gary Geiger	87	Boston Red Sox	10
Norm Siebern	82	Kansas City Athletics	11
Lenny Green	81	Minnesota Twins	12
Chuck Schilling	78	Boston Red Sox	13
Danny O'Connell	77	Washington Senators	14
Don Buddin	72	Boston Red Sox	15
Woodie Held	69	Cleveland Indians	16
Steve Boros	68	Detroit Tigers	17
Minnie Minoso	67	Chicago White Sox	18
Ron Hansen	66	Baltimore Orioles	19
Jackie Jensen	66	Boston Red Sox
Al Kaline	66	Detroit Tigers
Jim Landis	65	Chicago White Sox	22
Clete Boyer	63	New York Yankees	23
Earl Averill	62	Los Angeles Angels	24
Jackie Brandt	62	Baltimore Orioles
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). 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.