1972 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
Dick Allen	99	Chicago White Sox	1
Roy White	99	New York Yankees
Harmon Killebrew	94	Minnesota Twins	3
Carlos May	79	Chicago White Sox	4
Sal Bando	78	Oakland Athletics	5
John Mayberry	78	Kansas City Royals
Rico Petrocelli	78	Boston Red Sox
Mike Andrews	70	Chicago White Sox	8
Don Buford	69	Baltimore Orioles	9
Mike Epstein	68	Oakland Athletics	10
Reggie Smith	68	Boston Red Sox
Ron Theobald	68	Milwaukee Brewers
Tommy Harper	67	Boston Red Sox	13
Dave Nelson	67	Texas Rangers
Carl Yastrzemski	67	Boston Red Sox
Boog Powell	65	Baltimore Orioles	16
Bobby Murcer	63	New York Yankees	17
Paul Schaal	61	Kansas City Royals	18
Reggie Jackson	59	Oakland Athletics	19
Dick McAuliffe	59	Detroit Tigers
Richie Scheinblum	58	Kansas City Royals	21
Graig Nettles	57	Cleveland Indians	22
Horace Clarke	56	New York Yankees	23
Don Mincher	56	Texas Rangers
		Oakland Athletics
Pat Kelly	55	Chicago White Sox	25
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank

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