1948 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
Bob Elliott	131	Boston Braves	1
Ralph Kiner	112	Pittsburgh Pirates	2
Johnny Mize	94	New York Giants	3
Bill Nicholson	81	Chicago Cubs	4
Enos Slaughter	81	St. Louis Cardinals
Earl Torgeson	81	Boston Braves
Stan Musial	79	St. Louis Cardinals	7
Pee Wee Reese	79	Brooklyn Dodgers
Sid Gordon	74	New York Giants	9
Grady Hatton	72	Cincinnati Reds	10
Whitey Lockman	68	New York Giants	11
Gene Hermanski	64	Brooklyn Dodgers	12
Willard Marshall	64	New York Giants
Stan Rojek	61	Pittsburgh Pirates	14
Eddie Stanky	61	Boston Braves
Richie Ashburn	60	Philadelphia Phillies	16
Danny Murtaugh	60	Pittsburgh Pirates
Hank Sauer	60	Cincinnati Reds
Andy Seminick	58	Philadelphia Phillies	19
Jackie Robinson	57	Brooklyn Dodgers	20
Buddy Kerr	56	New York Giants	21
Danny Litwhiler	52	Boston Braves	22
		Cincinnati Reds
Dixie Walker	52	Pittsburgh Pirates
Johnny Wyrostek	52	Cincinnati Reds
Jeff Heath	51	Boston Braves	25
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank

	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. 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.