2005 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
Jason Giambi	108	New York Yankees	1
David Ortiz	102	Boston Red Sox	2
Alex Rodriguez	91	New York Yankees	3
Richie Sexson	89	Seattle Mariners	4
Paul Konerko	81	Chicago White Sox	5
Manny Ramirez	80	Boston Red Sox	6
Travis Hafner	79	Cleveland Indians	7
Gary Sheffield	78	New York Yankees	8
Derek Jeter	77	New York Yankees	9
David Dellucci	76	Texas Rangers	10
Gregg Zaun	73	Toronto Blue Jays	11
Mark Teixeira	72	Texas Rangers	12
Raul Ibanez	71	Seattle Mariners	13
Brian Roberts	67	Baltimore Orioles	14
Jorge Posada	66	New York Yankees	15
Chone Figgins	64	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	16
Brandon Inge	63	Detroit Tigers	17
Victor Martinez	63	Cleveland Indians
Hideki Matsui	63	New York Yankees
Jason Varitek	62	Boston Red Sox	20
Vladimir Guerrero	61	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	21
Julio Lugo	61	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Joe Mauer	61	Minnesota Twins
Matt Stairs	60	Kansas City Royals	24
Bill Mueller	59	Boston Red Sox	25
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank

	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. 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). 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?