1996 On Base Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank
Mark McGwire	.467 (.46715)	Oakland Athletics	1
Edgar Martinez	.464 (.46372)	Seattle Mariners	2
Frank Thomas	.459 (.45917)	Chicago White Sox	3
Jim Thome	.450 (.44969)	Cleveland Indians	4
Chuck Knoblauch	.448 (.44793)	Minnesota Twins	5
Mo Vaughn	.420 (.42021)	Boston Red Sox	6
Kevin Seitzer	.416 (.41642)	Milwaukee Brewers	7
		Cleveland Indians
Alex Rodriguez	.414 (.41431)	Seattle Mariners	8
Roberto Alomar	.411 (.41100)	Baltimore Orioles	9
Paul O'Neill	.411 (.41061)	New York Yankees	10
Albert Belle	.410 (.40979)	Cleveland Indians	11
Dave Nilsson	.407 (.40698)	Milwaukee Brewers	12
Julio Franco	.407 (.40681)	Cleveland Indians	13
Bobby Higginson	.404 (.40430)	Detroit Tigers	14
Tony Phillips	.404 (.40390)	Chicago White Sox	15
Manny Ramirez	.399 (.39876)	Cleveland Indians	16
Harold Baines	.399 (.39860)	Chicago White Sox	17
John Jaha	.398 (.39780)	Milwaukee Brewers	18
Rusty Greer	.397 (.39708)	Texas Rangers	19
Brady Anderson	.396 (.39648)	Baltimore Orioles	20
Dave Martinez	.393 (.39315)	Chicago White Sox	21
Scott Brosius	.393 (.39279)	Oakland Athletics	22
Ken Griffey, Jr.	.392 (.39246)	Seattle Mariners	23
Jeff Cirillo	.391 (.39089)	Milwaukee Brewers	24
Bernie Williams	.391 (.39063)	New York Yankees	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. 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. 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).