On Base Percentage : 1992 American League Top 25

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"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1992 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Frank Thomas .439 (.43882) Chicago White Sox 1
Rickey Henderson .426 (.42600) Oakland Athletics 2
Danny Tartabull .409 (.40875) New York Yankees 3
Roberto Alomar .405 (.40451) Toronto Blue Jays 4
Edgar Martinez .404 (.40440) Seattle Mariners 5
Shane Mack .394 (.39354) Minnesota Twins 6
Paul Molitor .389 (.38937) Milwaukee Brewers 7
Tony Phillips .387 (.38736) Detroit Tigers 8
Lou Whitaker .386 (.38590) Detroit Tigers 9
Chili Davis .386 (.38563) Minnesota Twins 10
Mark McGwire .385 (.38529) Oakland Athletics 11
Chuck Knoblauch .384 (.38440) Minnesota Twins 12
Randy Milligan .383 (.38302) Baltimore Orioles 13
Tim Raines .380 (.37969) Chicago White Sox 14
Mickey Tettleton .379 (.37920) Detroit Tigers 15
Dave Winfield .377 (.37668) Toronto Blue Jays 16
Robin Ventura .375 (.37518) Chicago White Sox 17
John Olerud .375 (.37500) Toronto Blue Jays 18
Kirby Puckett .374 (.37410) Minnesota Twins 19
Brady Anderson .373 (.37348) Baltimore Orioles 20
Kenny Lofton .362 (.36167) Cleveland Indians 21
Ken Griffey, Jr. .361 (.36143) Seattle Mariners 22
Mike Bordick .358 (.35842) Oakland Athletics 23
Candy Maldonado .357 (.35663) Toronto Blue Jays 24
Leo Gomez .356 (.35649) Baltimore Orioles 25



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.

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 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?