1978 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
Jeff Burroughs	117	Atlanta Braves	1
Darrell Evans	105	San Francisco Giants	2
Gene Tenace	101	San Diego Padres	3
Greg Luzinski	100	Philadelphia Phillies	4
Ron Cey	96	Los Angeles Dodgers	5
Mike Schmidt	91	Philadelphia Phillies	6
Keith Hernandez	82	St. Louis Cardinals	7
Omar Moreno	81	Pittsburgh Pirates	8
Bobby Murcer	80	Chicago Cubs	9
Joe Morgan	79	Cincinnati Reds	10
Ted Simmons	77	St. Louis Cardinals	11
Dan Driessen	75	Cincinnati Reds	12
Ivan DeJesus	74	Chicago Cubs	13
Joe Ferguson	71	Houston Astros	14
		Los Angeles Dodgers
Davey Lopes	71	Los Angeles Dodgers
Elliott Maddox	71	New York Mets
George Foster	70	Cincinnati Reds	17
Reggie Smith	70	Los Angeles Dodgers
John Stearns	70	New York Mets
Lee Mazzilli	69	New York Mets	20
Phil Garner	66	Pittsburgh Pirates	21
Billy North	65	Los Angeles Dodgers	22
Len Randle	64	New York Mets	23
Gene Richards	64	San Diego Padres
Gary Carter	62	Montreal Expos	25
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank

	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. 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).