On Base Percentage : 1903 American League Top 25

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"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1903 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jimmy Barrett .407 (.40704) Detroit Tigers 1
Topsy Hartsel .391 (.39100) Philadelphia Athletics 2
Nap Lajoie .379 (.37891) Cleveland Blues 3
Billy Lush .379 (.37854) Detroit Tigers 4
Danny Green .375 (.37500) Chicago White Stockings 5
Patsy Dougherty .372 (.37202) Boston Americans 6
Willie Keeler .368 (.36804) New York Highlanders 7
Elmer Flick .368 (.36770) Cleveland Blues 8
Sam Crawford .366 (.36568) Detroit Tigers 9
Kid Elberfeld .365 (.36484) Detroit Tigers 10
New York Highlanders  
Jesse Burkett .361 (.36140) St. Louis Browns 11
Socks Seybold .353 (.35336) Philadelphia Athletics 12
Ollie Pickering .353 (.35325) Philadelphia Athletics 13
Fielder Jones .348 (.34828) Chicago White Stockings 14
Bill Bradley .348 (.34752) Cleveland Blues 15
Harry Davis .343 (.34298) Philadelphia Athletics 16
John Ganzel .336 (.33591) New York Highlanders 17
Herm McFarland .333 (.33333) New York Highlanders 18
Harry Bay .329 (.32897) Cleveland Blues 19
Jimmy Collins .329 (.32862) Boston Americans 20
Buck Freeman .328 (.32779) Boston Americans 21
Ducky Holmes .327 (.32667) Washington Senators 22
Chicago White Stockings  
Freddy Parent .326 (.32642) Boston Americans 23
Jimmy Williams .326 (.32601) New York Highlanders 24
Monte Cross .326 (.32571) Philadelphia Athletics 25



Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

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.

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.