On Base Percentage : 1910 American League Top 25

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"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1910 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ty Cobb .456 (.45645) Detroit Tigers 1
Nap Lajoie .445 (.44512) Cleveland Naps 2
Tris Speaker .404 (.40436) Boston Red Sox 3
Eddie Collins .382 (.38208) Philadelphia Athletics 4
Clyde Milan .379 (.37925) Washington Senators 5
John Knight .372 (.37225) New York Highlanders 6
Donie Bush .365 (.36458) Detroit Tigers 7
Harry Wolter .364 (.36413) New York Highlanders 8
Doc Gessler .361 (.36106) Washington Senators 9
Larry Gardner .354 (.35371) Boston Red Sox 10
Birdie Cree .353 (.35340) New York Highlanders 11
Harry Hooper .346 (.34557) Boston Red Sox 12
Rube Oldring .340 (.34031) Philadelphia Athletics 13
Danny Murphy .338 (.33784) Philadelphia Athletics 14
Jack Barry .336 (.33640) Philadelphia Athletics 15
Heinie Wagner .335 (.33520) Boston Red Sox 16
Jake Stahl .334 (.33391) Boston Red Sox 17
Sam Crawford .332 (.33227) Detroit Tigers 18
Harry Davis .332 (.33213) Philadelphia Athletics 19
Frank Baker .329 (.32888) Philadelphia Athletics 20
Duffy Lewis .328 (.32756) Boston Red Sox 21
Tom Jones .325 (.32495) Detroit Tigers 22
Bobby Wallace .324 (.32437) St. Louis Browns 23
Kid Elberfeld .322 (.32207) Washington Senators 24
George McBride .321 (.32075) Washington Senators 25



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.

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.