On Base Percentage : 1912 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
 

1912 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Tris Speaker .464 (.46407) Boston Red Sox 1
Joe Jackson .458 (.45768) Cleveland Naps 2
Ty Cobb .456 (.45591) Detroit Tigers 3
Eddie Collins .450 (.45031) Philadelphia Athletics 4
Nap Lajoie .414 (.41408) Cleveland Naps 5
Frank Baker .404 (.40442) Philadelphia Athletics 6
Burt Shotton .390 (.38963) St. Louis Browns 7
Stuffy McInnis .384 (.38387) Philadelphia Athletics 8
Larry Gardner .383 (.38328) Boston Red Sox 9
Morrie Rath .380 (.37951) Chicago White Sox 10
Donie Bush .377 (.37718) Detroit Tigers 11
Clyde Milan .377 (.37668) Washington Senators 12
Sam Crawford .373 (.37280) Detroit Tigers 13
Roy Hartzell .370 (.37006) New York Highlanders 14
Amos Strunk .366 (.36580) Philadelphia Athletics 15
Bert Daniels .363 (.36283) New York Highlanders 16
Ping Bodie .358 (.35838) Chicago White Sox 17
Heinie Wagner .358 (.35789) Boston Red Sox 18
Baldy Louden .352 (.35169) Detroit Tigers 19
Chick Gandil .350 (.35021) Washington Senators 20
Del Pratt .348 (.34754) St. Louis Browns 21
Danny Moeller .346 (.34609) Washington Senators 22
Duffy Lewis .346 (.34591) Boston Red Sox 23
Eddie Foster .345 (.34519) Washington Senators 24
Jack Barry .335 (.33520) 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.

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.

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).