1959 On Base Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank
Eddie Yost	.435 (.43517)	Detroit Tigers	1
Pete Runnels	.415 (.41463)	Boston Red Sox	2
Al Kaline	.410 (.40978)	Detroit Tigers	3
Harvey Kuenn	.402 (.40228)	Detroit Tigers	4
Gene Woodling	.402 (.40153)	Baltimore Orioles	5
Mickey Mantle	.390 (.39028)	New York Yankees	6
Nellie Fox	.380 (.38048)	Chicago White Sox	7
Minnie Minoso	.377 (.37733)	Cleveland Indians	8
Jackie Jensen	.372 (.37165)	Boston Red Sox	9
Jim Landis	.370 (.37049)	Chicago White Sox	10
Bill Tuttle	.369 (.36944)	Kansas City Athletics	11
Don Buddin	.366 (.36644)	Boston Red Sox	12
Roger Maris	.359 (.35944)	Kansas City Athletics	13
Charlie Maxwell	.358 (.35750)	Detroit Tigers	14
Harmon Killebrew	.354 (.35394)	Washington Senators	15
Yogi Berra	.347 (.34741)	New York Yankees	16
Sherm Lollar	.345 (.34495)	Chicago White Sox	17
Frank Bolling	.339 (.33918)	Detroit Tigers	18
Rocky Colavito	.337 (.33735)	Cleveland Indians	19
Bobby Richardson	.335 (.33534)	New York Yankees	20
Jim Lemon	.334 (.33390)	Washington Senators	21
Vic Power	.334 (.33385)	Cleveland Indians	22
Bob Allison	.333 (.33281)	Washington Senators	23
Hector Lopez	.333 (.33277)	Kansas City Athletics	24
		New York Yankees
Bob Cerv	.332 (.33203)	Kansas City Athletics	25
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank

	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). 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?