1901 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
Roy Thomas	100	Philadelphia Phillies	1
Topsy Hartsel	74	Chicago Orphans	2
Lefty Davis	66	Brooklyn Superbas	3
		Pittsburgh Pirates
Ed Delahanty	65	Philadelphia Phillies	4
Billy Hamilton	64	Boston Beaneaters	5
Jesse Burkett	59	St. Louis Cardinals	6
Sammy Strang	59	New York Giants
Honus Wagner	53	Pittsburgh Pirates	8
Monte Cross	52	Philadelphia Phillies	9
Elmer Flick	52	Philadelphia Phillies
George Magoon	52	Cincinnati Reds
Fred Clarke	51	Pittsburgh Pirates	12
George Van Haltren	51	New York Giants
Otto Krueger	50	St. Louis Cardinals	14
Jimmy Slagle	50	Philadelphia Phillies
		Boston Beaneaters
Claude Ritchey	47	Pittsburgh Pirates	16
Jimmy Sheckard	47	Brooklyn Superbas
Kip Selbach	45	New York Giants	18
Ginger Beaumont	44	Pittsburgh Pirates	19
Tom Daly	42	Brooklyn Superbas	20
Pete Childs	40	St. Louis Cardinals	21
		Chicago Orphans
George Davis	40	New York Giants
Danny Green	40	Chicago Orphans
Joe Kelley	40	Brooklyn Superbas
Sam Crawford	37	Cincinnati Reds	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.