1940 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
Elbie Fletcher	119	Pittsburgh Pirates	1
Mel Ott	100	New York Giants	2
Dolph Camilli	89	Brooklyn Dodgers	3
Arky Vaughan	88	Pittsburgh Pirates	4
Johnny Mize	82	St. Louis Cardinals	5
Lonny Frey	80	Cincinnati Reds	6
Stan Hack	75	Chicago Cubs	7
Cookie Lavagetto	70	Brooklyn Dodgers	8
Babe Young	69	New York Giants	9
Bill Werber	68	Cincinnati Reds	10
Joe Orengo	65	St. Louis Cardinals	11
Max West	65	Boston Bees
Ival Goodman	60	Cincinnati Reds	13
Chet Ross	59	Boston Bees	14
Pinky May	58	Philadelphia Phillies	15
Johnny Rizzo	56	Pittsburgh Pirates	16
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		Philadelphia Phillies
Jim Gleeson	54	Chicago Cubs	17
Pete Coscarart	53	Brooklyn Dodgers	18
Frank McCormick	52	Cincinnati Reds	19
Bill Nicholson	50	Chicago Cubs	20
Enos Slaughter	50	St. Louis Cardinals
Billy Herman	47	Chicago Cubs	22
Frank Demaree	45	New York Giants	23
Bob Elliott	45	Pittsburgh Pirates
Hank Leiber	45	Chicago Cubs
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. 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.