1996 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
Tony Phillips	125	Chicago White Sox	1
Edgar Martinez	123	Seattle Mariners	2
Jim Thome	123	Cleveland Indians
Mark McGwire	116	Oakland Athletics	4
Frank Thomas	109	Chicago White Sox	5
Paul O'Neill	102	New York Yankees	6
Albert Belle	99	Cleveland Indians	7
Chuck Knoblauch	98	Minnesota Twins	8
Rafael Palmeiro	95	Baltimore Orioles	9
Mickey Tettleton	95	Texas Rangers
Mo Vaughn	95	Boston Red Sox
Tim Salmon	93	California Angels	12
Roberto Alomar	90	Baltimore Orioles	13
Cecil Fielder	87	Detroit Tigers	14
		New York Yankees
Mark McLemore	87	Texas Rangers
Kevin Seitzer	87	Milwaukee Brewers
		Cleveland Indians
Chili Davis	86	California Angels	17
John Jaha	85	Milwaukee Brewers	18
Manny Ramirez	85	Cleveland Indians
Jay Buhner	84	Seattle Mariners	20
Dave Hollins	84	Minnesota Twins
		Seattle Mariners
Bernie Williams	82	New York Yankees	22
Ken Griffey, Jr.	78	Seattle Mariners	23
Robin Ventura	78	Chicago White Sox
Brady Anderson	76	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. The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit? 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).