Top 25 On Base Percentage in 1948 in the American League

On Base Percentage : 1948 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)

1948 On Base Percentage Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name On Base Percentage Team Rank

Ted Williams .497 (.49687) Boston Red Sox 1

Lou Boudreau .453 (.45303) Cleveland Indians 2

Elmer Valo .432 (.43162) Philadelphia Athletics 3

Luke Appling .423 (.42301) Chicago White Sox 4

Billy Goodman .414 (.41412) Boston Red Sox 5

Ferris Fain .412 (.41195) Philadelphia Athletics 6

Barney McCosky .405 (.40480) Philadelphia Athletics 7

Joe DiMaggio .396 (.39611) New York Yankees 8

Ken Keltner .395 (.39506) Cleveland Indians 9

Johnny Pesky .394 (.39403) Boston Red Sox 10

Eddie Joost .393 (.39269) Philadelphia Athletics 11

Jerry Priddy .391 (.39104) St. Louis Browns 12

Tommy Henrich .391 (.39072) New York Yankees 13

Al Zarilla .389 (.38898) St. Louis Browns 14

Bobby Doerr .386 (.38599) Boston Red Sox 15

Pat Mullin .385 (.38502) Detroit Tigers 16

Bob Dillinger .385 (.38451) St. Louis Browns 17

Johnny Lipon .384 (.38447) Detroit Tigers 18

Larry Doby .384 (.38353) Cleveland Indians 19

Dom DiMaggio .383 (.38349) Boston Red Sox 20

Dale Mitchell .383 (.38321) Cleveland Indians 21

Hoot Evers .378 (.37774) Detroit Tigers 22

Joe Gordon .371 (.37143) Cleveland Indians 23

Birdie Tebbetts .371 (.37059) Boston Red Sox 24

Hank Majeski .368 (.36801) Philadelphia Athletics 25

Name On Base Percentage Team Rank

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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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?

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