1971 On Base Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank
Bobby Murcer	.427 (.42697)	New York Yankees	1
Merv Rettenmund	.422 (.42222)	Baltimore Orioles	2
Al Kaline	.416 (.41600)	Detroit Tigers	3
Don Buford	.413 (.41316)	Baltimore Orioles	4
Roy White	.388 (.38801)	New York Yankees	5
Paul Schaal	.387 (.38695)	Kansas City Royals	6
Harmon Killebrew	.386 (.38622)	Minnesota Twins	7
Don Mincher	.386 (.38586)	Oakland Athletics	8
		Washington Senators
Frank Robinson	.384 (.38419)	Baltimore Orioles	9
Carl Yastrzemski	.381 (.38065)	Boston Red Sox	10
Boog Powell	.379 (.37917)	Baltimore Orioles	11
Sal Bando	.377 (.37677)	Oakland Athletics	12
Carlos May	.375 (.37522)	Chicago White Sox	13
Norm Cash	.372 (.37165)	Detroit Tigers	14
Tony Oliva	.369 (.36873)	Minnesota Twins	15
Mike Epstein	.367 (.36727)	Washington Senators	16
		Oakland Athletics
Frank Howard	.367 (.36651)	Washington Senators	17
Mark Belanger	.365 (.36473)	Baltimore Orioles	18
Cesar Tovar	.356 (.35644)	Minnesota Twins	19
Rod Carew	.356 (.35623)	Minnesota Twins	20
Jim Northrup	.355 (.35496)	Detroit Tigers	21
Rico Petrocelli	.354 (.35420)	Boston Red Sox	22
Bill Freehan	.353 (.35334)	Detroit Tigers	23
Reggie Jackson	.352 (.35202)	Oakland Athletics	24
Reggie Smith	.352 (.35166)	Boston Red Sox	25
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank

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