1942 On Base Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank
Ted Williams	.499 (.49925)	Boston Red Sox	1
Charlie Keller	.417 (.41667)	New York Yankees	2
Wally Judnich	.413 (.41308)	St. Louis Browns	3
Les Fleming	.412 (.41212)	Cleveland Indians	4
Joe Gordon	.409 (.40939)	New York Yankees	5
Roy Cullenbine	.405 (.40462)	St. Louis Browns	6
		Washington Senators
		New York Yankees
Bobby Estalella	.400 (.40039)	Washington Senators	7
Harlond Clift	.394 (.39445)	St. Louis Browns	8
Stan Spence	.384 (.38439)	Washington Senators	9
Bob Johnson	.384 (.38389)	Philadelphia Athletics	10
Chet Laabs	.380 (.37993)	St. Louis Browns	11
Lou Boudreau	.379 (.37949)	Cleveland Indians	12
George Case	.377 (.37679)	Washington Senators	13
Joe DiMaggio	.376 (.37647)	New York Yankees	14
Johnny Pesky	.375 (.37500)	Boston Red Sox	15
Bobby Doerr	.369 (.36868)	Boston Red Sox	16
Barney McCosky	.365 (.36527)	Detroit Tigers	17
Dom DiMaggio	.364 (.36390)	Boston Red Sox	18
Pinky Higgins	.362 (.36237)	Detroit Tigers	19
Elmer Valo	.355 (.35460)	Philadelphia Athletics	20
Wally Moses	.353 (.35330)	Chicago White Sox	21
Tommy Henrich	.352 (.35165)	New York Yankees	22
Tony Lupien	.351 (.35088)	Boston Red Sox	23
Jeff Heath	.350 (.35024)	Cleveland Indians	24
Joe Kuhel	.347 (.34737)	Chicago White 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. 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). The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.