On Base Percentage : 1982 American League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1982 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Dwight Evans .402 (.40193) Boston Red Sox 1
Toby Harrah .398 (.39800) Cleveland Indians 2
Rickey Henderson .398 (.39787) Oakland Athletics 3
Rod Carew .396 (.39597) California Angels 4
Eddie Murray .391 (.39075) Baltimore Orioles 5
Greg Luzinski .386 (.38630) Chicago White Sox 6
Andre Thornton .386 (.38582) Cleveland Indians 7
Steve Kemp .381 (.38053) Chicago White Sox 8
Bruce Bochte .380 (.37973) Seattle Mariners 9
Robin Yount .379 (.37857) Milwaukee Brewers 10
George Brett .378 (.37838) Kansas City Royals 11
Tom Brunansky .377 (.37684) Minnesota Twins 12
Mike Hargrove .377 (.37660) Cleveland Indians 13
Buddy Bell .376 (.37622) Texas Rangers 14
Reggie Jackson .375 (.37520) California Angels 15
Jim Rice .375 (.37461) Boston Red Sox 16
Fred Lynn .374 (.37407) California Angels 17
Bobby Grich .371 (.37062) California Angels 18
Hal McRae .369 (.36889) Kansas City Royals 19
Doug DeCinces .369 (.36866) California Angels 20
Brian Downing .368 (.36842) California Angels 21
Chet Lemon .368 (.36811) Detroit Tigers 22
Willie Randolph .368 (.36809) New York Yankees 23
Paul Molitor .366 (.36572) Milwaukee Brewers 24
Willie Wilson .365 (.36511) Kansas City Royals 25



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.

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?