On Base Percentage : 1915 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
 

1915 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ty Cobb .486 (.48625) Detroit Tigers 1
Eddie Collins .460 (.46047) Chicago White Sox 2
Jack Fournier .429 (.42914) Chicago White Sox 3
Tris Speaker .416 (.41575) Boston Red Sox 4
Burt Shotton .409 (.40943) St. Louis Browns 5
Bobby Veach .390 (.39002) Detroit Tigers 6
Joe Jackson .385 (.38536) Cleveland Indians 7
Chicago White Sox  
Amos Strunk .371 (.37085) Philadelphia Athletics 8
Sam Crawford .367 (.36726) Detroit Tigers 9
Ray Schalk .366 (.36611) Chicago White Sox 10
Eddie Murphy .365 (.36453) Philadelphia Athletics 11
Chicago White Sox  
Doc Cook .364 (.36447) New York Yankees 12
Donie Bush .364 (.36417) Detroit Tigers 13
Jack Graney .357 (.35699) Cleveland Indians 14
Hugh High .356 (.35569) New York Yankees 15
Jimmy Austin .355 (.35543) St. Louis Browns 16
Clyde Milan .353 (.35341) Washington Senators 17
Ray Chapman .353 (.35303) Cleveland Indians 18
Duffy Lewis .348 (.34818) Boston Red Sox 19
Ossie Vitt .348 (.34783) Detroit Tigers 20
Fritz Maisel .342 (.34197) New York Yankees 21
Harry Hooper .342 (.34195) Boston Red Sox 22
Chick Gandil .340 (.33973) Washington Senators 23
Wally Pipp .339 (.33883) New York Yankees 24
Stuffy McInnis .337 (.33686) Philadelphia Athletics 25



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.

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.

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).