1998 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
Rickey Henderson	118	Oakland Athletics	1
Frank Thomas	110	Chicago White Sox	2
Edgar Martinez	106	Seattle Mariners	3
Tim Salmon	90	Anaheim Angels	4
Mark McLemore	89	Texas Rangers	5
Jose Offerman	89	Kansas City Royals
Jim Thome	89	Cleveland Indians
Kenny Lofton	87	Cleveland Indians	8
Matt Lawton	86	Minnesota Twins	9
Ben Grieve	85	Oakland Athletics	10
Mike Stanley	82	Toronto Blue Jays	11
		Boston Red Sox
Albert Belle	81	Chicago White Sox	12
Jason Giambi	81	Oakland Athletics
Rusty Greer	80	Texas Rangers	14
Fred McGriff	79	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	15
Rafael Palmeiro	79	Baltimore Orioles
Robin Ventura	79	Chicago White Sox
John Valentin	77	Boston Red Sox	18
Ken Griffey, Jr.	76	Seattle Mariners	19
David Justice	76	Cleveland Indians
Chuck Knoblauch	76	New York Yankees
Manny Ramirez	76	Cleveland Indians
Brady Anderson	75	Baltimore Orioles	23
Chad Curtis	75	New York Yankees
Bernie Williams	74	New York Yankees	25
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank

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