On Base Percentage : 1913 American League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1913 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ty Cobb .467 (.46735) Detroit Tigers 1
Joe Jackson .460 (.46003) Cleveland Naps 2
Eddie Collins .441 (.44089) Philadelphia Athletics 3
Tris Speaker .441 (.44088) Boston Red Sox 4
Frank Baker .413 (.41287) Philadelphia Athletics 5
Burt Shotton .405 (.40524) St. Louis Browns 6
Nap Lajoie .398 (.39766) Cleveland Naps 7
Eddie Murphy .391 (.39116) Philadelphia Athletics 8
Stuffy McInnis .382 (.38215) Philadelphia Athletics 9
Harry Wolter .377 (.37721) New York Yankees 10
Sam Crawford .371 (.37065) Detroit Tigers 11
Ray Morgan .369 (.36937) Washington Senators 12
Clyde Milan .367 (.36719) Washington Senators 13
Chick Gandil .363 (.36333) Washington Senators 14
Clyde Engle .363 (.36331) Boston Red Sox 15
Harry Hooper .359 (.35945) Boston Red Sox 16
Roy Hartzell .353 (.35294) New York Yankees 17
Jack Barry .349 (.34911) Philadelphia Athletics 18
Terry Turner .348 (.34821) Cleveland Naps 19
Larry Gardner .347 (.34741) Boston Red Sox 20
Gus Williams .346 (.34615) St. Louis Browns 21
Bobby Veach .346 (.34608) Detroit Tigers 22
Donie Bush .344 (.34361) Detroit Tigers 23
Del Pratt .341 (.34123) St. Louis Browns 24
Birdie Cree .338 (.33844) New York Yankees 25



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).

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.