On Base Percentage : 1941 American League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1941 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League
Ted Williams .553 (.55281) Boston Red Sox 1
Roy Cullenbine .452 (.45192) St. Louis Browns 2
Joe DiMaggio .440 (.43961) New York Yankees 3
Charlie Keller .416 (.41639) New York Yankees 4
Jimmie Foxx .412 (.41207) Boston Red Sox 5
Cecil Travis .410 (.40998) Washington Senators 6
Joe Cronin .406 (.40599) Boston Red Sox 7
Barney McCosky .401 (.40143) Detroit Tigers 8
Taffy Wright .399 (.39896) Chicago White Sox 9
Luke Appling .399 (.39852) Chicago White Sox 10
Jeff Heath .396 (.39593) Cleveland Indians 11
George McQuinn .388 (.38840) St. Louis Browns 12
Wally Moses .388 (.38800) Philadelphia Athletics 13
Buddy Lewis .386 (.38556) Washington Senators 14
Dick Siebert .385 (.38538) Philadelphia Athletics 15
Dom DiMaggio .385 (.38473) Boston Red Sox 16
Bob Johnson .385 (.38462) Philadelphia Athletics 17
Benny McCoy .384 (.38399) Philadelphia Athletics 18
Sam Chapman .378 (.37770) Philadelphia Athletics 19
Pinky Higgins .378 (.37767) Detroit Tigers 20
Wally Judnich .377 (.37739) St. Louis Browns 21
Tommy Henrich .377 (.37660) New York Yankees 22
Harlond Clift .376 (.37590) St. Louis Browns 23
Frankie Hayes .369 (.36926) Philadelphia Athletics 24
Bruce Campbell .364 (.36364) Detroit Tigers 25



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.

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.

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.
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