On Base Percentage : 1944 American League Top 25

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1944 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League
Bob Johnson .431 (.43109) Boston Red Sox 1
Lou Boudreau .406 (.40634) Cleveland Indians 2
Bobby Doerr .399 (.39924) Boston Red Sox 3
Nick Etten .399 (.39911) New York Yankees 4
Milt Byrnes .396 (.39579) St. Louis Browns 5
Pinky Higgins .392 (.39172) Detroit Tigers 6
Stan Spence .391 (.39098) Washington Senators 7
Snuffy Stirnweiss .389 (.38912) New York Yankees 8
Dick Siebert .387 (.38679) Philadelphia Athletics 9
Roy Cullenbine .380 (.38030) Cleveland Indians 10
Bobby Estalella .374 (.37390) Philadelphia Athletics 11
Thurman Tucker .368 (.36779) Chicago White Sox 12
Vern Stephens .365 (.36495) St. Louis Browns 13
Joe Kuhel .364 (.36395) Washington Senators 14
George Myatt .357 (.35726) Washington Senators 15
George McQuinn .357 (.35714) St. Louis Browns 16
Ken Keltner .355 (.35463) Cleveland Indians 17
Pete Fox .354 (.35361) Boston Red Sox 18
Rudy York .353 (.35276) Detroit Tigers 19
Johnny Lindell .351 (.35101) New York Yankees 20
Wally Moses .345 (.34524) Chicago White Sox 21
Oris Hockett .339 (.33943) Cleveland Indians 22
Doc Cramer .337 (.33712) Detroit Tigers 23
Jim Tabor .334 (.33404) Boston Red Sox 24
Ralph Hodgin .333 (.33333) Chicago White Sox 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.

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).

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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