1998 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
Mark McGwire	162	St. Louis Cardinals	1
Barry Bonds	130	San Francisco Giants	2
Jeff Bagwell	109	Houston Astros	3
Chipper Jones	96	Atlanta Braves	4
John Olerud	96	New York Mets
Gary Sheffield	95	Florida Marlins	6
		Los Angeles Dodgers
Mark Grace	93	Chicago Cubs	7
Scott Rolen	93	Philadelphia Phillies
Ray Lankford	86	St. Louis Cardinals	9
Bobby Abreu	84	Philadelphia Phillies	10
Moises Alou	84	Houston Astros
Quilvio Veras	84	San Diego Padres
Darryl Hamilton	82	San Francisco Giants	13
		Colorado Rockies
Jay Bell	81	Arizona Diamondbacks	14
Brian McRae	80	New York Mets	15
Jeff Cirillo	79	Milwaukee Brewers	16
Barry Larkin	79	Cincinnati Reds
Bill Mueller	79	San Francisco Giants
Greg Vaughn	79	San Diego Padres
Sammy Sosa	73	Chicago Cubs	20
Mickey Morandini	72	Chicago Cubs	21
Ken Caminiti	71	San Diego Padres	22
Jeromy Burnitz	70	Milwaukee Brewers	23
Travis Lee	67	Arizona Diamondbacks	24
Edgardo Alfonzo	65	New York Mets	25
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank

	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. 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?