1885 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
Ned Williamson	75	Chicago White Stockings	1
George Gore	68	Chicago White Stockings	2
John Morrill	64	Boston Beaneaters	3
Roger Connor	51	New York Giants	4
Charlie Bennett	47	Detroit Wolverines	5
Ned Hanlon	47	Detroit Wolverines
Abner Dalrymple	46	Chicago White Stockings	7
King Kelly	46	Chicago White Stockings
Fred Dunlap	41	St. Louis Maroons	9
Jim O'Rourke	40	New York Giants	10
Joe Start	39	Providence Grays	11
Jack Manning	37	Philadelphia Phillies	12
Old Hoss Radbourn	36	Providence Grays	13
Charlie Bastian	35	Philadelphia Phillies	14
Cap Anson	34	Chicago White Stockings	15
Dan Brouthers	34	Buffalo Bisons
Paul Radford	33	Providence Grays	17
Ed Andrews	32	Philadelphia Phillies	18
Jim Fogarty	30	Philadelphia Phillies	19
Cliff Carroll	29	Providence Grays	20
Jack Glasscock	29	St. Louis Maroons
Sid Farrar	28	Philadelphia Phillies	22
Fred Pfeffer	26	Chicago White Stockings	23
Sam Wise	25	Boston Beaneaters	24
Joe Gerhardt	24	New York Giants	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. 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.