1916 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
Heinie Groh	84	Cincinnati Reds	1
Vic Saier	79	Chicago Cubs	2
Dave Bancroft	74	Philadelphia Phillies	3
Benny Kauff	68	New York Giants	4
Gavvy Cravath	64	Philadelphia Phillies	5
George Burns	63	New York Giants	6
Bob Bescher	60	St. Louis Cardinals	7
Max Carey	59	Pittsburgh Pirates	8
Bill Rariden	55	New York Giants	9
Bill Hinchman	54	Pittsburgh Pirates	10
Baldy Louden	54	Cincinnati Reds
Dode Paskert	54	Philadelphia Phillies
Red Smith	53	Boston Braves	13
Cy Williams	51	Chicago Cubs	14
Rabbit Maranville	50	Boston Braves	15
Mike Mowrey	50	Brooklyn Robins
Sherry Magee	44	Boston Braves	17
Buck Herzog	43	Cincinnati Reds	18
		New York Giants
Ed Konetchy	43	Boston Braves
Zack Wheat	43	Brooklyn Robins
Max Flack	42	Chicago Cubs	21
Fred Luderus	41	Philadelphia Phillies	22
Johnny Evers	40	Boston Braves	23
Rogers Hornsby	40	St. Louis Cardinals
Fred Merkle	40	New York Giants
		Brooklyn Robins
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.