1979 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
Mike Schmidt	120	Philadelphia Phillies	1
Gene Tenace	105	San Diego Padres	2
Davey Lopes	97	Los Angeles Dodgers	3
Billy North	96	San Francisco Giants	4
Pete Rose	95	Philadelphia Phillies	5
Lee Mazzilli	93	New York Mets	6
Joe Morgan	93	Cincinnati Reds
Darrell Evans	91	San Francisco Giants	8
Ron Cey	86	Los Angeles Dodgers	9
Dave Winfield	85	San Diego Padres	10
Keith Hernandez	80	St. Louis Cardinals	11
Jeff Burroughs	73	Atlanta Braves	12
Jose Cruz	72	Houston Astros	13
Joe Ferguson	70	Los Angeles Dodgers	14
Johnny Bench	67	Cincinnati Reds	15
Dave Parker	67	Pittsburgh Pirates
Rodney Scott	66	Montreal Expos	17
Cesar Cedeno	64	Houston Astros	18
Dave Concepcion	64	Cincinnati Reds
Jack Clark	63	San Francisco Giants	20
Dan Driessen	62	Cincinnati Reds	21
Jerry Royster	62	Atlanta Braves
Larry Bowa	61	Philadelphia Phillies	23
Ted Simmons	61	St. Louis Cardinals
Gary Matthews	60	Atlanta Braves	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. 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. 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?