1949 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
Ted Williams	162	Boston Red Sox	1
Eddie Joost	149	Philadelphia Athletics	2
Ferris Fain	136	Philadelphia Athletics	3
Luke Appling	121	Chicago White Sox	4
Elmer Valo	119	Philadelphia Athletics	5
Cass Michaels	101	Chicago White Sox	6
Vern Stephens	101	Boston Red Sox
Johnny Pesky	100	Boston Red Sox	8
Dom DiMaggio	96	Boston Red Sox	9
Larry Doby	91	Cleveland Indians	10
Eddie Yost	91	Washington Senators
Tommy Henrich	86	New York Yankees	12
Floyd Baker	84	Chicago White Sox	13
Joe Gordon	83	Cleveland Indians	14
Sam Chapman	80	Philadelphia Athletics	15
Jerry Priddy	80	St. Louis Browns
Vic Wertz	80	Detroit Tigers
Bobby Doerr	75	Boston Red Sox	18
Johnny Lipon	75	Detroit Tigers
Aaron Robinson	73	Detroit Tigers	20
Phil Rizzuto	72	New York Yankees	21
George Kell	71	Detroit Tigers	22
Lou Boudreau	70	Cleveland Indians	23
Hoot Evers	70	Detroit Tigers
Roy Sievers	70	St. Louis Browns
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. 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. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.