Top 25 On Base Percentage in 1951 in the American League

On Base Percentage : 1951 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)

1951 On Base Percentage Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name On Base Percentage Team Rank

Ted Williams .464 (.46370) Boston Red Sox 1

Ferris Fain .451 (.45079) Philadelphia Athletics 2

Larry Doby .428 (.42831) Cleveland Indians 3

Eddie Yost .423 (.42270) Washington Senators 4

Minnie Minoso .422 (.42233) Cleveland Indians 5

Chicago White Sox

Johnny Pesky .417 (.41696) Boston Red Sox 6

Elmer Valo .412 (.41176) Philadelphia Athletics 7

Eddie Joost .409 (.40902) Philadelphia Athletics 8

Gil McDougald .396 (.39610) New York Yankees 9

Billy Goodman .388 (.38756) Boston Red Sox 10

George Kell .386 (.38612) Detroit Tigers 11

Vic Wertz .383 (.38276) Detroit Tigers 12

Bobby Avila .374 (.37375) Cleveland Indians 13

Gene Woodling .373 (.37344) New York Yankees 14

Nellie Fox .372 (.37216) Chicago White Sox 15

Eddie Robinson .371 (.37112) Chicago White Sox 16

Dom DiMaggio .370 (.36975) Boston Red Sox 17

Joe DiMaggio .365 (.36515) New York Yankees 18

Al Rosen .362 (.36212) Cleveland Indians 19

Dale Mitchell .358 (.35816) Cleveland Indians 20

Mickey Vernon .358 (.35774) Washington Senators 21

Gil Coan .357 (.35678) Washington Senators 22

Dave Philley .351 (.35116) Chicago White Sox 23

Philadelphia Athletics

Yogi Berra .350 (.35017) New York Yankees 24

Phil Rizzuto .350 (.34992) 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.

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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