On Base Percentage : 1968 American League Top 25

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1968 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League
Carl Yastrzemski .426 (.42620) Boston Red Sox 1
Frank Robinson .390 (.38976) Baltimore Orioles 2
Mickey Mantle .385 (.38462) New York Yankees 3
Rick Monday .371 (.37077) Oakland Athletics 4
Mike Andrews .368 (.36817) Boston Red Sox 5
Bill Freehan .366 (.36551) Detroit Tigers 6
Tony Oliva .357 (.35674) Minnesota Twins 7
Ken Harrelson .356 (.35621) Boston Red Sox 8
Willie Horton .352 (.35243) Detroit Tigers 9
Roy White .350 (.35008) New York Yankees 10
Dick McAuliffe .344 (.34399) Detroit Tigers 11
Reggie Smith .342 (.34231) Boston Red Sox 12
Frank Howard .338 (.33786) Washington Senators 13
Boog Powell .338 (.33756) Baltimore Orioles 14
Joe Foy .336 (.33608) Boston Red Sox 15
Danny Cater .336 (.33578) Oakland Athletics 16
Bert Campaneris .330 (.33047) Oakland Athletics 17
Rick Reichardt .328 (.32776) California Angels 18
Cesar Tovar .326 (.32635) Minnesota Twins 19
Ken McMullen .326 (.32588) Washington Senators 20
Ted Uhlaender .324 (.32438) Minnesota Twins 21
Jim Northrup .324 (.32394) Detroit Tigers 22
Bob Allison .324 (.32381) Minnesota Twins 23
Reggie Jackson .316 (.31639) Oakland Athletics 24
Jim Fregosi .315 (.31479) California Angels 25



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.

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).

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.
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