1945 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
Eddie Stanky	148	Brooklyn Dodgers	1
Augie Galan	114	Brooklyn Dodgers	2
Stan Hack	99	Chicago Cubs	3
Bill Nicholson	92	Chicago Cubs	4
Ray Sanders	83	St. Louis Cardinals	5
Phil Cavarretta	81	Chicago Cubs	6
Johnny Barrett	79	Pittsburgh Pirates	7
Dixie Walker	75	Brooklyn Dodgers	8
Carden Gillenwater	73	Boston Braves	9
George Hausmann	73	New York Giants
Mel Ott	71	New York Giants	11
Jim Russell	71	Pittsburgh Pirates
Tommy Holmes	70	Boston Braves	13
Bob Elliott	64	Pittsburgh Pirates	14
Buster Adams	62	Philadelphia Phillies	15
		St. Louis Cardinals
Al Gionfriddo	60	Pittsburgh Pirates	16
Frank McCormick	56	Cincinnati Reds	17
Pete Coscarart	55	Pittsburgh Pirates	18
Phil Weintraub	54	New York Giants	19
Steve Mesner	52	Cincinnati Reds	20
Babe Dahlgren	51	Pittsburgh Pirates	21
Chuck Workman	51	Boston Braves
Dick Culler	50	Boston Braves	23
Ken O'Dea	50	St. Louis Cardinals
Goody Rosen	50	Brooklyn Dodgers
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).