1898 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
John McGraw	112	Baltimore Orioles	1
Bill Joyce	88	New York Giants	2
Billy Hamilton	87	Boston Beaneaters	3
Elmer Flick	86	Philadelphia Phillies	4
Hughie Jennings	78	Baltimore Orioles	5
Ed Delahanty	77	Philadelphia Phillies	6
Jimmy Ryan	73	Chicago Orphans	7
Harry Blake	69	Cleveland Spiders	8
Jesse Burkett	69	Cleveland Spiders
Cupid Childs	69	Cleveland Spiders
Elmer Smith	69	Cincinnati Reds
Bid McPhee	66	Cincinnati Reds	12
Kip Selbach	64	Washington Senators	13
Bobby Wallace	63	Cleveland Spiders	14
Mike Griffin	60	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	15
Hugh Duffy	59	Boston Beaneaters	16
George Van Haltren	59	New York Giants
Bill Dahlen	58	Chicago Orphans	18
Joe Kelley	56	Baltimore Orioles	19
Ed McKean	56	Cleveland Spiders
Monte Cross	55	Philadelphia Phillies	21
Klondike Douglass	55	Philadelphia Phillies
Bill Everitt	53	Chicago Orphans	23
Dan McGann	53	Baltimore Orioles
Jake Stenzel	53	Baltimore Orioles
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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? The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.