1897 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
Billy Hamilton	105	Boston Beaneaters	1
John McGraw	99	Baltimore Orioles	2
Mike Griffin	81	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	3
Kip Selbach	80	Washington Senators	4
Bill Joyce	78	New York Giants	5
Jesse Burkett	76	Cleveland Spiders	6
Cupid Childs	74	Cleveland Spiders	7
Joe Kelley	70	Baltimore Orioles	8
Elmer Smith	70	Pittsburgh Pirates
Monte Cross	62	St. Louis Browns	10
Fielder Jones	61	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	11
Mike Tiernan	61	New York Giants
Cap Anson	60	Chicago Colts	13
Ed Delahanty	60	Philadelphia Phillies
Tom McCreery	60	Louisville Colonels
		New York Giants
Billy Nash	60	Philadelphia Phillies
Phil Geier	56	Philadelphia Phillies	17
Dummy Hoy	54	Cincinnati Reds	18
Tom Brown	52	Washington Senators	19
Klondike Douglass	52	St. Louis Browns
Hugh Duffy	52	Boston Beaneaters
Duff Cooley	51	Philadelphia Phillies	22
Heinie Reitz	50	Baltimore Orioles	23
Jimmy Ryan	50	Chicago Colts
George Shoch	49	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	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? 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. 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.