On Base Percentage : 1966 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1966 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Frank Robinson .410 (.41029) Baltimore Orioles 1
Al Kaline .392 (.39229) Detroit Tigers 2
Harmon Killebrew .391 (.39143) Minnesota Twins 3
Dick McAuliffe .373 (.37251) Detroit Tigers 4
Boog Powell .372 (.37189) Baltimore Orioles 5
Curt Blefary .371 (.37126) Baltimore Orioles 6
Carl Yastrzemski .368 (.36765) Boston Red Sox 7
Joe Foy .364 (.36447) Boston Red Sox 8
Tony Oliva .353 (.35259) Minnesota Twins 9
Fred Valentine .351 (.35140) Washington Senators 10
Norm Cash .351 (.35103) Detroit Tigers 11
Frank Howard .348 (.34791) Washington Senators 12
Don Wert .342 (.34231) Detroit Tigers 13
Tom Tresh .341 (.34119) New York Yankees 14
Don Mincher .340 (.34008) Minnesota Twins 15
Rocky Colavito .336 (.33550) Cleveland Indians 16
Leon Wagner .334 (.33389) Cleveland Indians 17
Brooks Robinson .333 (.33285) Baltimore Orioles 18
Tony Conigliaro .330 (.32958) Boston Red Sox 19
Tommie Agee .326 (.32602) Chicago White Sox 20
Jim Fregosi .325 (.32507) California Angels 21
Cesar Tovar .325 (.32500) Minnesota Twins 22
George Scott .324 (.32401) Boston Red Sox 23
Don Buford .323 (.32305) Chicago White Sox 24
Willie Horton .321 (.32118) Detroit Tigers 25



The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.