On Base Percentage : 1945 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1945 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Eddie Lake .412 (.41207) Boston Red Sox 1
Roy Cullenbine .402 (.40184) Cleveland Indians 2
Detroit Tigers  
Bobby Estalella .399 (.39924) Philadelphia Athletics 3
Oscar Grimes .395 (.39451) New York Yankees 4
Nick Etten .387 (.38695) New York Yankees 5
Snuffy Stirnweiss .385 (.38537) New York Yankees 6
Joe Kuhel .378 (.37847) Washington Senators 7
George Myatt .378 (.37838) Washington Senators 8
Wally Moses .373 (.37344) Chicago White Sox 9
Hersh Martin .368 (.36786) New York Yankees 10
Johnny Dickshot .366 (.36636) Chicago White Sox 11
George McQuinn .364 (.36430) St. Louis Browns 12
Milt Byrnes .363 (.36276) St. Louis Browns 13
George Case .360 (.35971) Washington Senators 14
Bob Johnson .358 (.35750) Boston Red Sox 15
Vern Stephens .352 (.35247) St. Louis Browns 16
Eddie Mayo .347 (.34672) Detroit Tigers 17
Mike Tresh .342 (.34226) Chicago White Sox 18
Dutch Meyer .342 (.34220) Cleveland Indians 19
Pat Seerey .342 (.34167) Cleveland Indians 20
Frankie Crosetti .341 (.34118) New York Yankees 21
Jimmy Outlaw .338 (.33809) Detroit Tigers 22
Mike Kreevich .337 (.33659) St. Louis Browns 23
Washington Senators  
Frankie Hayes .335 (.33509) Philadelphia Athletics 24
Cleveland Indians  
Rudy York .331 (.33130) 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.

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.