On Base Percentage : 1934 American League Top 25

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"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1934 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Lou Gehrig .465 (.46522) New York Yankees 1
Charlie Gehringer .450 (.44950) Detroit Tigers 2
Jimmie Foxx .449 (.44854) Philadelphia Athletics 3
Babe Ruth .448 (.44798) New York Yankees 4
Mickey Cochrane .428 (.42775) Detroit Tigers 5
Buddy Myer .419 (.41946) Washington Senators 6
Earl Averill .414 (.41369) Cleveland Indians 7
Hank Greenberg .404 (.40426) Detroit Tigers 8
Al Simmons .403 (.40294) Chicago White Sox 9
Sam West .403 (.40257) St. Louis Browns 10
Bill Werber .397 (.39658) Boston Red Sox 11
John Stone .395 (.39451) Washington Senators 12
Pinky Higgins .392 (.39232) Philadelphia Athletics 13
Heinie Manush .392 (.39160) Washington Senators 14
Rick Ferrell .390 (.38966) Boston Red Sox 15
Hal Trosky .388 (.38832) Cleveland Indians 16
Marv Owen .385 (.38535) Detroit Tigers 17
Evar Swanson .385 (.38477) Chicago White Sox 18
Luke Appling .384 (.38356) Chicago White Sox 19
Ben Chapman .381 (.38146) New York Yankees 20
Zeke Bonura .380 (.37979) Chicago White Sox 21
Roy Johnson .379 (.37881) Boston Red Sox 22
Bob Johnson .375 (.37459) Philadelphia Athletics 23
Billy Rogell .374 (.37387) Detroit Tigers 24
Goose Goslin .373 (.37298) Detroit Tigers 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.

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.