1944 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
Augie Galan	101	Brooklyn Dodgers	1
Bill Nicholson	93	Chicago Cubs	2
Stan Musial	90	St. Louis Cardinals	3
Mel Ott	90	New York Giants
Johnny Barrett	86	Pittsburgh Pirates	5
Jim Russell	79	Pittsburgh Pirates	6
Bob Elliott	75	Pittsburgh Pirates	7
Buster Adams	74	Philadelphia Phillies	8
Dixie Walker	72	Brooklyn Dodgers	9
Ray Sanders	71	St. Louis Cardinals	10
Phil Cavarretta	67	Chicago Cubs	11
Ron Northey	67	Philadelphia Phillies
Dom Dallessandro	61	Chicago Cubs	13
Tommy Holmes	61	Boston Braves
Eric Tipton	59	Cincinnati Reds	15
Phil Weintraub	59	New York Giants
Johnny Hopp	58	St. Louis Cardinals	17
Whitey Kurowski	58	St. Louis Cardinals
Frank McCormick	57	Cincinnati Reds	19
Tony Lupien	56	Philadelphia Phillies	20
Stan Hack	53	Chicago Cubs	21
Ray Mueller	53	Cincinnati Reds
Hal Luby	52	New York Giants	23
Babe Dahlgren	47	Pittsburgh Pirates	24
Butch Nieman	47	Boston Braves
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.