Top 25 On Base Percentage in 1917 in the American League

On Base Percentage : 1917 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)

1917 On Base Percentage Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name On Base Percentage Team Rank

Ty Cobb .444 (.44410) Detroit Tigers 1

Tris Speaker .432 (.43216) Cleveland Indians 2

Bobby Veach .393 (.39314) Detroit Tigers 3

George Sisler .390 (.38986) St. Louis Browns 4

Eddie Collins .389 (.38872) Chicago White Sox 5

Joe Jackson .375 (.37542) Chicago White Sox 6

Ray Chapman .370 (.37019) Cleveland Indians 7

Donie Bush .370 (.36953) Detroit Tigers 8

Clyde Milan .364 (.36392) Washington Senators 9

Amos Strunk .363 (.36289) Philadelphia Athletics 10

Sam Rice .360 (.35994) Washington Senators 11

Tim Hendryx .359 (.35870) New York Yankees 12

Ping Bodie .356 (.35563) Philadelphia Athletics 13

Braggo Roth .355 (.35519) Cleveland Indians 14

Harry Hooper .355 (.35504) Boston Red Sox 15

Happy Felsch .352 (.35179) Chicago White Sox 16

Nemo Leibold .350 (.34990) Chicago White Sox 17

Jack Graney .348 (.34755) Cleveland Indians 18

Whitey Witt .346 (.34623) Philadelphia Athletics 19

Frank Baker .345 (.34488) New York Yankees 20

Duffy Lewis .342 (.34242) Boston Red Sox 21

Stuffy McInnis .342 (.34167) Philadelphia Athletics 22

Larry Gardner .341 (.34050) Boston Red Sox 23

Roger Peckinpaugh .340 (.33990) New York Yankees 24

Dick Hoblitzel .336 (.33617) Boston Red Sox 25

Name On Base Percentage Team Rank

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?

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.

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