1996 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
Barry Bonds	151	San Francisco Giants	1
Gary Sheffield	142	Florida Marlins	2
Jeff Bagwell	135	Houston Astros	3
Rickey Henderson	125	San Diego Padres	4
Barry Larkin	96	Cincinnati Reds	5
Chipper Jones	87	Atlanta Braves	6
Mike Piazza	81	Los Angeles Dodgers	7
Walt Weiss	80	Colorado Rockies	8
Todd Hundley	79	New York Mets	9
Ray Lankford	79	St. Louis Cardinals
Ken Caminiti	78	San Diego Padres	11
Craig Biggio	75	Houston Astros	12
Ron Gant	73	St. Louis Cardinals	13
Bernard Gilkey	73	New York Mets
Brian McRae	73	Chicago Cubs
Eric Davis	70	Cincinnati Reds	16
Jeff King	70	Pittsburgh Pirates
Wally Joyner	69	San Diego Padres	18
Ryan Klesko	68	Atlanta Braves	19
Fred McGriff	68	Atlanta Braves
Rick Wilkins	67	Houston Astros	21
		San Francisco Giants
Todd Zeile	67	Philadelphia Phillies
Jeff Conine	62	Florida Marlins	23
Mark Grace	62	Chicago Cubs
Ellis Burks	61	Colorado Rockies	25
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). The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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.