On Base Percentage : 1904 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1904 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Nap Lajoie .413 (.41327) Cleveland Blues 1
Willie Keeler .390 (.38974) New York Highlanders 2
Elmer Flick .371 (.37089) Cleveland Blues 3
Chick Stahl .366 (.36626) Boston Americans 4
Jesse Burkett .363 (.36322) St. Louis Browns 5
Billy Lush .359 (.35870) Cleveland Blues 6
Jimmy Barrett .353 (.35269) Detroit Tigers 7
Danny Green .352 (.35197) Chicago White Sox 8
Kip Selbach .351 (.35135) Washington Senators 9
Boston Americans  
Socks Seybold .351 (.35072) Philadelphia Athletics 10
Topsy Hartsel .347 (.34697) Philadelphia Athletics 11
Kid Elberfeld .337 (.33737) New York Highlanders 12
Bill Bradley .334 (.33438) Cleveland Blues 13
Bobby Wallace .330 (.32991) St. Louis Browns 14
Freddy Parent .330 (.32960) Boston Americans 15
Buck Freeman .329 (.32917) Boston Americans 16
Patsy Dougherty .329 (.32853) Boston Americans 17
New York Highlanders  
Dick Padden .325 (.32485) St. Louis Browns 18
Danny Murphy .320 (.32021) Philadelphia Athletics 19
Nixey Callahan .318 (.31801) Chicago White Sox 20
Fielder Jones .316 (.31570) Chicago White Sox 21
Jimmy Williams .314 (.31448) New York Highlanders 22
Wid Conroy .314 (.31354) New York Highlanders 23
John Anderson .313 (.31346) New York Highlanders 24
Charlie Hickman .312 (.31164) Cleveland Blues 25
Detroit Tigers  



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?

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.