1957 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
Mickey Mantle	146	New York Yankees	1
Ted Williams	119	Boston Red Sox	2
Minnie Minoso	79	Chicago White Sox	3
Al Smith	79	Cleveland Indians
Vic Wertz	78	Cleveland Indians	5
Charlie Maxwell	76	Detroit Tigers	6
Roy Sievers	76	Washington Senators
Nellie Fox	75	Chicago White Sox	8
Jackie Jensen	75	Boston Red Sox
Eddie Yost	73	Washington Senators	10
Rocky Colavito	71	Cleveland Indians	11
Gene Woodling	64	Cleveland Indians	12
Bob Nieman	63	Baltimore Orioles	13
Jimmy Piersall	62	Boston Red Sox	14
Earl Torgeson	61	Detroit Tigers	15
		Chicago White Sox
Roger Maris	60	Cleveland Indians	16
Gil McDougald	59	New York Yankees	17
Yogi Berra	57	New York Yankees	18
Frank Bolling	57	Detroit Tigers
Ray Boone	57	Detroit Tigers
Larry Doby	56	Chicago White Sox	21
Bob Boyd	55	Baltimore Orioles	22
Billy Klaus	55	Boston Red Sox
Pete Runnels	55	Washington Senators
Billy Gardner	53	Baltimore Orioles	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. 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). 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.