On Base Percentage : 1932 American League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1932 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Babe Ruth .489 (.48896) New York Yankees 1
Jimmie Foxx .469 (.46933) Philadelphia Athletics 2
Lou Gehrig .451 (.45120) New York Yankees 3
Max Bishop .412 (.41233) Philadelphia Athletics 4
Mickey Cochrane .412 (.41158) Philadelphia Athletics 5
Rick Ferrell .406 (.40594) St. Louis Browns 6
Earle Combs .405 (.40504) New York Yankees 7
Ed Morgan .402 (.40223) Cleveland Indians 8
Tony Lazzeri .399 (.39899) New York Yankees 9
Goose Goslin .398 (.39790) St. Louis Browns 10
Joe Cronin .393 (.39297) Washington Senators 11
Earl Averill .392 (.39185) Cleveland Indians 12
Heinie Manush .383 (.38288) Washington Senators 13
Ben Chapman .381 (.38052) New York Yankees 14
Willie Kamm .379 (.37874) Cleveland Indians 15
Mule Haas .376 (.37621) Philadelphia Athletics 16
Joe Vosmik .376 (.37573) Cleveland Indians 17
Dick Porter .373 (.37318) Cleveland Indians 18
Fred Schulte .373 (.37264) St. Louis Browns 19
Charlie Gehringer .370 (.37010) Detroit Tigers 20
Jack Burns .368 (.36819) St. Louis Browns 21
Al Simmons .368 (.36769) Philadelphia Athletics 22
Ossie Bluege .367 (.36700) Washington Senators 23
Earl Webb .362 (.36195) Boston Red Sox 24
Detroit Tigers  
John Stone .361 (.36094) Detroit Tigers 25



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

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).