1951 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
Ralph Kiner	137	Pittsburgh Pirates	1
Eddie Stanky	127	New York Giants	2
Wes Westrum	104	New York Giants	3
Earl Torgeson	102	Boston Braves	4
Stan Musial	98	St. Louis Cardinals	5
Gil Hodges	93	Brooklyn Dodgers	6
Monte Irvin	89	New York Giants	7
Pee Wee Reese	81	Brooklyn Dodgers	8
Sid Gordon	80	Boston Braves	9
Jackie Robinson	79	Brooklyn Dodgers	10
Connie Ryan	79	Cincinnati Reds
Solly Hemus	75	St. Louis Cardinals	12
Bobby Thomson	73	New York Giants	13
Del Ennis	68	Philadelphia Phillies	14
Enos Slaughter	67	St. Louis Cardinals	15
Bob Elliott	65	Boston Braves	16
George Strickland	65	Pittsburgh Pirates
Andy Seminick	63	Philadelphia Phillies	18
Duke Snider	62	Brooklyn Dodgers	19
Willie Jones	60	Philadelphia Phillies	20
Sam Jethroe	57	Boston Braves	21
Willie Mays	57	New York Giants
Johnny Wyrostek	54	Cincinnati Reds	23
Roy Campanella	53	Brooklyn Dodgers	24
Eddie Waitkus	53	Philadelphia Phillies
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank

	The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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.