1938 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
Jimmie Foxx	119	Boston Red Sox	1
Hank Greenberg	119	Detroit Tigers
Harlond Clift	118	St. Louis Browns	3
Charlie Gehringer	113	Detroit Tigers	4
Lou Gehrig	107	New York Yankees	5
Frankie Crosetti	106	New York Yankees	6
Buddy Myer	93	Washington Senators	7
Bill Werber	93	Philadelphia Athletics
Tommy Henrich	92	New York Yankees	9
Rudy York	92	Detroit Tigers
Joe Cronin	91	Boston Red Sox	11
Lyn Lary	88	Cleveland Indians	12
Bob Johnson	87	Philadelphia Athletics	13
Billy Rogell	86	Detroit Tigers	14
Earl Averill	81	Cleveland Indians	15
Bill Dickey	75	New York Yankees	16
Rick Ferrell	75	Washington Senators
Red Rolfe	74	New York Yankees	18
Joe Kuhel	72	Chicago White Sox	19
Beau Bell	71	St. Louis Browns	20
Pinky Higgins	71	Boston Red Sox
Red Kress	69	St. Louis Browns	22
George Selkirk	68	New York Yankees	23
Hal Trosky	67	Cleveland Indians	24
Ben Chapman	65	Boston Red Sox	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. 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.