Top 25 On Base Percentage in 1974 in the American League

On Base Percentage : 1974 American League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1974 On Base Percentage Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name On Base Percentage Team Rank

Rod Carew .433 (.43279) Minnesota Twins 1

Carl Yastrzemski .414 (.41390) Boston Red Sox 2

Jeff Burroughs .397 (.39728) Texas Rangers 3

Elliott Maddox .395 (.39483) New York Yankees 4

Reggie Jackson .391 (.39073) Oakland Athletics 5

Bobby Grich .376 (.37571) Baltimore Orioles 6

Hal McRae .375 (.37542) Kansas City Royals 7

Dick Allen .375 (.37524) Chicago White Sox 8

Roy White .367 (.36746) New York Yankees 9

Gene Tenace .367 (.36721) Oakland Athletics 10

Frank Robinson .367 (.36678) California Angels 11

Cleveland Indians

Jorge Orta .365 (.36538) Chicago White Sox 12

Oscar Gamble .363 (.36346) Cleveland Indians 13

Steve Braun .361 (.36133) Minnesota Twins 14

Bill Freehan .361 (.36089) Detroit Tigers 15

Ken Henderson .360 (.35988) Chicago White Sox 16

John Mayberry .358 (.35812) Kansas City Royals 17

Cesar Tovar .354 (.35427) Texas Rangers 18

Brooks Robinson .353 (.35332) Baltimore Orioles 19

Larry Hisle .353 (.35315) Minnesota Twins 20

Sal Bando .352 (.35216) Oakland Athletics 21

Eric Soderholm .349 (.34875) Minnesota Twins 22

Amos Otis .348 (.34776) Kansas City Royals 23

Billy North .347 (.34733) Oakland Athletics 24

Bert Campaneris .347 (.34722) Oakland Athletics 25

Name On Base Percentage Team Rank

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.

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).

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