1997 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
Jim Thome	120	Cleveland Indians	1
Jay Buhner	119	Seattle Mariners	2
Edgar Martinez	119	Seattle Mariners
Frank Thomas	109	Chicago White Sox	4
Tony Phillips	102	Chicago White Sox	5
		Anaheim Angels
Tim Salmon	95	Anaheim Angels	6
Tony Clark	93	Detroit Tigers	7
Jeff King	89	Kansas City Royals	8
Mo Vaughn	86	Boston Red Sox	9
Chili Davis	85	Kansas City Royals	10
Brady Anderson	84	Baltimore Orioles	11
Chuck Knoblauch	84	Minnesota Twins
Rusty Greer	83	Texas Rangers	13
David Justice	80	Cleveland Indians	14
Manny Ramirez	79	Cleveland Indians	15
Geronimo Berroa	76	Oakland Athletics	16
		Baltimore Orioles
Ken Griffey, Jr.	76	Seattle Mariners
Matt Lawton	76	Minnesota Twins
Jeromy Burnitz	75	Milwaukee Brewers	19
Tino Martinez	75	New York Yankees
Paul O'Neill	75	New York Yankees
Derek Jeter	74	New York Yankees	22
Bernie Williams	73	New York Yankees	23
Jay Bell	71	Kansas City Royals	24
Bobby Higginson	70	Detroit Tigers	25
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank

	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. 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). 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.