1940 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
Charlie Keller	106	New York Yankees	1
Harlond Clift	104	St. Louis Browns	2
Jimmie Foxx	101	Boston Red Sox	3
Charlie Gehringer	101	Detroit Tigers
Ted Williams	96	Boston Red Sox	5
Hank Greenberg	93	Detroit Tigers	6
Rudy York	89	Detroit Tigers	7
Joe Kuhel	87	Chicago White Sox	8
George Selkirk	84	New York Yankees	9
Joe Cronin	83	Boston Red Sox	10
Bob Johnson	83	Philadelphia Athletics
Hal Trosky	79	Cleveland Indians	12
Ben Chapman	78	Cleveland Indians	13
Dick Bartell	76	Detroit Tigers	14
Wally Moses	75	Philadelphia Athletics	15
Buddy Lewis	74	Washington Senators	16
Lou Boudreau	73	Cleveland Indians	17
Frankie Crosetti	72	New York Yankees	18
Luke Appling	69	Chicago White Sox	19
Barney McCosky	67	Detroit Tigers	20
Benny McCoy	65	Philadelphia Athletics	21
Larry Rosenthal	64	Chicago White Sox	22
Joe DiMaggio	61	New York Yankees	23
Frankie Hayes	61	Philadelphia Athletics
Pinky Higgins	61	Detroit Tigers
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank

	Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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).