On Base Percentage : 1906 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)
 

1906 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

George Stone .417 (.41719) St. Louis Browns 1
Nap Lajoie .392 (.39185) Cleveland Naps 2
Elmer Flick .372 (.37226) Cleveland Naps 3
Topsy Hartsel .363 (.36276) Philadelphia Athletics 4
Harry Davis .355 (.35537) Philadelphia Athletics 5
Willie Keeler .353 (.35322) New York Highlanders 6
Chick Stahl .346 (.34615) Boston Americans 7
Fielder Jones .346 (.34589) Chicago White Sox 8
Larry Schlafly .345 (.34490) Washington Senators 9
Bobby Wallace .344 (.34387) St. Louis Browns 10
Jimmy Williams .342 (.34182) New York Highlanders 11
Danny Murphy .341 (.34105) Philadelphia Athletics 12
Hal Chase .341 (.34095) New York Highlanders 13
Sam Crawford .341 (.34053) Detroit Tigers 14
George Davis .338 (.33837) Chicago White Sox 15
Terry Turner .338 (.33760) Cleveland Naps 16
Charlie Hemphill .338 (.33758) St. Louis Browns 17
Matty McIntyre .338 (.33757) Detroit Tigers 18
Ed Hahn .331 (.33107) New York Highlanders 19
Chicago White Sox  
Frank Isbell .324 (.32423) Chicago White Sox 20
Dave Altizer .324 (.32353) Washington Senators 21
Jiggs Donahue .320 (.31960) Chicago White Sox 22
Charlie Hickman .311 (.31130) Washington Senators 23
Wid Conroy .304 (.30407) New York Highlanders 24
Lave Cross .303 (.30268) Washington Senators 25



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

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?

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.