1896 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
Billy Hamilton	110	Boston Beaneaters	1
Bill Joyce	101	Washington Senators	2
		New York Giants
Cupid Childs	100	Cleveland Spiders	3
Joe Kelley	91	Baltimore Orioles	4
Mike Tiernan	77	New York Giants	5
Kip Selbach	76	Washington Senators	6
Elmer Smith	74	Pittsburgh Pirates	7
Denny Lyons	67	Pittsburgh Pirates	8
Billy Lush	66	Washington Senators	9
Dummy Hoy	65	Cincinnati Reds	10
Bill Lange	65	Chicago Colts
Bill Dahlen	64	Chicago Colts	12
Ed Delahanty	62	Philadelphia Phillies	13
Tom Brown	58	Washington Senators	14
Monte Cross	58	St. Louis Browns
Billy Clingman	57	Louisville Colonels	16
Billy Hulen	55	Philadelphia Phillies	17
George Van Haltren	55	New York Giants
Ed Cartwright	54	Washington Senators	19
Roger Connor	52	St. Louis Browns	20
Hugh Duffy	52	Boston Beaneaters
Bid McPhee	51	Cincinnati Reds	22
George Davis	50	New York Giants	23
Cap Anson	49	Chicago Colts	24
Jesse Burkett	49	Cleveland Spiders
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? 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. 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).