1956 On Base Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank
Ted Williams	.479 (.47913)	Boston Red Sox	1
Mickey Mantle	.464 (.46390)	New York Yankees	2
Bob Nieman	.436 (.43570)	Chicago White Sox	3
		Baltimore Orioles
Minnie Minoso	.425 (.42511)	Chicago White Sox	4
Charlie Maxwell	.414 (.41426)	Detroit Tigers	5
Eddie Yost	.412 (.41185)	Washington Senators	6
Gil McDougald	.405 (.40509)	New York Yankees	7
Jackie Jensen	.405 (.40476)	Boston Red Sox	8
Mickey Vernon	.403 (.40299)	Boston Red Sox	9
Ray Boone	.403 (.40283)	Detroit Tigers	10
Larry Doby	.392 (.39187)	Chicago White Sox	11
Harvey Kuenn	.387 (.38661)	Detroit Tigers	12
Al Kaline	.383 (.38295)	Detroit Tigers	13
Sherm Lollar	.383 (.38286)	Chicago White Sox	14
Bill Skowron	.382 (.38196)	New York Yankees	15
Al Smith	.378 (.37821)	Cleveland Indians	16
Billy Klaus	.378 (.37785)	Boston Red Sox	17
Yogi Berra	.378 (.37752)	New York Yankees	18
Pete Runnels	.372 (.37227)	Washington Senators	19
Roy Sievers	.370 (.37026)	Washington Senators	20
Vic Wertz	.364 (.36444)	Cleveland Indians	21
Al Rosen	.351 (.35135)	Cleveland Indians	22
Jimmy Piersall	.350 (.34970)	Boston Red Sox	23
Jim Lemon	.349 (.34861)	Washington Senators	24
Gus Triandos	.348 (.34783)	Baltimore Orioles	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. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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).