Top 25 On Base Percentage in 1978 in the American League

On Base Percentage : 1978 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)

1978 On Base Percentage Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name On Base Percentage Team Rank

Rod Carew .411 (.41140) Minnesota Twins 1

Ken Singleton .409 (.40894) Baltimore Orioles 2

Mike Hargrove .388 (.38762) Texas Rangers 3

Willie Randolph .381 (.38136) New York Yankees 4

Fred Lynn .380 (.38042) Boston Red Sox 5

Amos Otis .380 (.37986) Kansas City Royals 6

Steve Kemp .379 (.37921) Detroit Tigers 7

Sixto Lezcano .377 (.37743) Milwaukee Brewers 8

Andre Thornton .377 (.37724) Cleveland Indians 9

Larry Hisle .374 (.37353) Milwaukee Brewers 10

Sal Bando .371 (.37120) Milwaukee Brewers 11

Jim Rice .370 (.37047) Boston Red Sox 12

Ben Oglivie .370 (.37023) Milwaukee Brewers 13

Carl Yastrzemski .367 (.36721) Boston Red Sox 14

Carlton Fisk .366 (.36641) Boston Red Sox 15

Leon Roberts .364 (.36381) Seattle Mariners 16

Jason Thompson .364 (.36377) Detroit Tigers 17

Roy Smalley .362 (.36230) Minnesota Twins 18

Lyman Bostock .362 (.36177) California Angels 19

Lou Piniella .361 (.36149) New York Yankees 20

Lou Whitaker .361 (.36101) Detroit Tigers 21

Ron LeFlore .361 (.36081) Detroit Tigers 22

Don Money .361 (.36063) Milwaukee Brewers 23

Jim Sundberg .358 (.35823) Texas Rangers 24

Al Oliver .358 (.35802) Texas Rangers 25

Name On Base Percentage Team Rank

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.

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?

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

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