On Base Percentage : 1985 American League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1985 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Wade Boggs .450 (.45033) Boston Red Sox 1
George Brett .436 (.43609) Kansas City Royals 2
Toby Harrah .432 (.43160) Texas Rangers 3
Rickey Henderson .419 (.41896) New York Yankees 4
Eddie Murray .383 (.38257) Baltimore Orioles 5
Willie Randolph .382 (.38176) New York Yankees 6
Alvin Davis .381 (.38109) Seattle Mariners 7
Dwight Evans .378 (.37820) Boston Red Sox 8
Brett Butler .377 (.37690) Cleveland Indians 9
Rod Carew .371 (.37132) California Angels 10
Don Mattingly .371 (.37103) New York Yankees 11
Brian Downing .371 (.37073) California Angels 12
Jesse Barfield .369 (.36928) Toronto Blue Jays 13
Phil Bradley .365 (.36479) Seattle Mariners 14
Kirk Gibson .364 (.36432) Detroit Tigers 15
Lou Whitaker .362 (.36207) Detroit Tigers 16
Rich Gedman .362 (.36166) Boston Red Sox 17
Tony Bernazard .361 (.36063) Cleveland Indians 18
Reggie Jackson .360 (.36044) California Angels 19
Paul Molitor .356 (.35591) Milwaukee Brewers 20
Darrell Evans .356 (.35582) Detroit Tigers 21
Bobby Grich .355 (.35524) California Angels 22
Kent Hrbek .351 (.35135) Minnesota Twins 23
Jim Rice .349 (.34868) Boston Red Sox 24
Mike Young .348 (.34791) Baltimore Orioles 25



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.