1963 On Base Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank
Carl Yastrzemski	.418 (.41829)	Boston Red Sox	1
Albie Pearson	.402 (.40208)	Los Angeles Angels	2
Norm Cash	.386 (.38579)	Detroit Tigers	3
Bob Allison	.378 (.37760)	Minnesota Twins	4
Al Kaline	.375 (.37520)	Detroit Tigers	5
Tom Tresh	.371 (.37092)	New York Yankees	6
Earl Battey	.369 (.36897)	Minnesota Twins	7
Floyd Robinson	.361 (.36134)	Chicago White Sox	8
Rich Rollins	.359 (.35875)	Minnesota Twins	9
Rocky Colavito	.358 (.35797)	Detroit Tigers	10
Norm Siebern	.358 (.35770)	Kansas City Athletics	11
Pete Ward	.353 (.35294)	Chicago White Sox	12
Jim Gentile	.353 (.35284)	Baltimore Orioles	13
Leon Wagner	.352 (.35237)	Los Angeles Angels	14
Harmon Killebrew	.349 (.34899)	Minnesota Twins	15
Wayne Causey	.345 (.34477)	Kansas City Athletics	16
Jimmie Hall	.342 (.34164)	Minnesota Twins	17
Elston Howard	.342 (.34151)	New York Yankees	18
Chuck Hinton	.340 (.34013)	Washington Senators	19
Mike Hershberger	.338 (.33781)	Chicago White Sox	20
Don Lock	.338 (.33770)	Washington Senators	21
Dick McAuliffe	.334 (.33438)	Detroit Tigers	22
Jerry Lumpe	.333 (.33333)	Kansas City Athletics	23
Ed Charles	.332 (.33234)	Kansas City Athletics	24
Bill Bruton	.330 (.33048)	Detroit Tigers	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). 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 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?