1953 On Base Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank
Gene Woodling	.429 (.42917)	New York Yankees	1
Al Rosen	.422 (.42151)	Cleveland Indians	2
Minnie Minoso	.410 (.40958)	Chicago White Sox	3
Ferris Fain	.405 (.40502)	Chicago White Sox	4
Eddie Yost	.403 (.40341)	Washington Senators	5
Mickey Vernon	.403 (.40296)	Washington Senators	6
Mickey Mantle	.398 (.39815)	New York Yankees	7
Hank Bauer	.394 (.39442)	New York Yankees	8
Ray Boone	.390 (.39024)	Cleveland Indians	9
		Detroit Tigers
Larry Doby	.385 (.38537)	Cleveland Indians	10
Billy Goodman	.384 (.38394)	Boston Red Sox	11
Phil Rizzuto	.383 (.38320)	New York Yankees	12
George Kell	.383 (.38298)	Boston Red Sox	13
Jim Delsing	.380 (.38000)	Detroit Tigers	14
Vic Wertz	.376 (.37597)	St. Louis Browns	15
Dick Gernert	.371 (.37138)	Boston Red Sox	16
Yogi Berra	.363 (.36331)	New York Yankees	17
George Strickland	.362 (.36170)	Cleveland Indians	18
Gil McDougald	.361 (.36139)	New York Yankees	19
Jim Busby	.358 (.35828)	Washington Senators	20
Dave Philley	.358 (.35810)	Philadelphia Athletics	21
Jackie Jensen	.357 (.35714)	Washington Senators	22
Harvey Kuenn	.356 (.35616)	Detroit Tigers	23
Bobby Avila	.355 (.35541)	Cleveland Indians	24
Gus Zernial	.355 (.35494)	Philadelphia Athletics	25
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank

	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. 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?