1949 On Base Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank
Ted Williams	.490 (.49041)	Boston Red Sox	1
Luke Appling	.439 (.43883)	Chicago White Sox	2
Eddie Joost	.429 (.42920)	Philadelphia Athletics	3
George Kell	.425 (.42450)	Detroit Tigers	4
Cass Michaels	.417 (.41654)	Chicago White Sox	5
Tommy Henrich	.416 (.41633)	New York Yankees	6
Ferris Fain	.415 (.41452)	Philadelphia Athletics	7
Elmer Valo	.413 (.41317)	Philadelphia Athletics	8
Johnny Pesky	.408 (.40819)	Boston Red Sox	9
Dom DiMaggio	.404 (.40398)	Boston Red Sox	10
Hoot Evers	.403 (.40278)	Detroit Tigers	11
Roy Sievers	.398 (.39779)	St. Louis Browns	12
Bobby Doerr	.393 (.39286)	Boston Red Sox	13
Floyd Baker	.392 (.39195)	Chicago White Sox	14
Vern Stephens	.391 (.39100)	Boston Red Sox	15
Larry Doby	.389 (.38915)	Cleveland Indians	16
Vic Wertz	.385 (.38517)	Detroit Tigers	17
Bob Dillinger	.385 (.38462)	St. Louis Browns	18
Eddie Yost	.383 (.38330)	Washington Senators	19
Jerry Priddy	.382 (.38240)	St. Louis Browns	20
Billy Goodman	.382 (.38171)	Boston Red Sox	21
Eddie Robinson	.381 (.38103)	Washington Senators	22
Lou Boudreau	.381 (.38069)	Cleveland Indians	23
Birdie Tebbetts	.369 (.36910)	Boston Red Sox	24
Jerry Coleman	.367 (.36719)	New York Yankees	25
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank

	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. 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? 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.