1983 On Base Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank
Wade Boggs	.444 (.44428)	Boston Red Sox	1
Rickey Henderson	.414 (.41385)	Oakland Athletics	2
Rod Carew	.409 (.40901)	California Angels	3
Ken Singleton	.393 (.39344)	Baltimore Orioles	4
Eddie Murray	.393 (.39265)	Baltimore Orioles	5
Mike Hargrove	.388 (.38819)	Cleveland Indians	6
Alan Trammell	.385 (.38516)	Detroit Tigers	7
George Brett	.385 (.38476)	Kansas City Royals	8
Andre Thornton	.383 (.38347)	Cleveland Indians	9
Robin Yount	.383 (.38275)	Milwaukee Brewers	10
Lou Whitaker	.380 (.38022)	Detroit Tigers	11
Lloyd Moseby	.376 (.37604)	Toronto Blue Jays	12
Willie Upshaw	.373 (.37270)	Toronto Blue Jays	13
Hal McRae	.372 (.37156)	Kansas City Royals	14
Cal Ripken, Jr.	.371 (.37052)	Baltimore Orioles	15
Kent Hrbek	.366 (.36598)	Minnesota Twins	16
Toby Harrah	.363 (.36334)	Cleveland Indians	17
Jim Rice	.361 (.36139)	Boston Red Sox	18
Don Baylor	.361 (.36134)	New York Yankees	19
Roy Smalley	.357 (.35728)	New York Yankees	20
Carlton Fisk	.355 (.35543)	Chicago White Sox	21
Ken Griffey	.355 (.35484)	New York Yankees	22
Charlie Moore	.354 (.35364)	Milwaukee Brewers	23
Greg Luzinski	.352 (.35245)	Chicago White Sox	24
Fred Lynn	.352 (.35200)	California Angels	25
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank

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