On Base Percentage : 1922 American League Top 25

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"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1922 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Tris Speaker .474 (.47421) Cleveland Indians 1
George Sisler .467 (.46708) St. Louis Browns 2
Ty Cobb .462 (.46154) Detroit Tigers 3
Babe Ruth .434 (.43381) New York Yankees 4
Harry Heilmann .432 (.43217) Detroit Tigers 5
Steve O'Neill .423 (.42308) Cleveland Indians 6
Ken Williams .413 (.41291) St. Louis Browns 7
Wally Schang .405 (.40471) New York Yankees 8
Eddie Collins .401 (.40059) Chicago White Sox 9
Whitey Witt .400 (.39968) New York Yankees 10
Earl Sheely .393 (.39255) Chicago White Sox 11
Wally Pipp .392 (.39246) New York Yankees 12
Lu Blue .392 (.39227) Detroit Tigers 13
Jack Tobin .388 (.38799) St. Louis Browns 14
Charlie Jamieson .388 (.38756) Cleveland Indians 15
Joe Sewell .386 (.38619) Cleveland Indians 16
Topper Rigney .380 (.38017) Detroit Tigers 17
Harry Hooper .379 (.37926) Chicago White Sox 18
Ray Schalk .379 (.37891) Chicago White Sox 19
Baby Doll Jacobson .379 (.37869) St. Louis Browns 20
Bobby Veach .377 (.37725) Detroit Tigers 21
Bob Meusel .376 (.37597) New York Yankees 22
Frank Brower .375 (.37523) Washington Senators 23
Johnny Mostil .375 (.37451) Chicago White Sox 24
Bing Miller .371 (.37102) 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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.