On Base Percentage : 2001 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

2001 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jason Giambi .477 (.47690) Oakland Athletics 1
Edgar Martinez .423 (.42341) Seattle Mariners 2
Jim Thome .416 (.41615) Cleveland Indians 3
Roberto Alomar .415 (.41467) Cleveland Indians 4
Carlos Delgado .408 (.40767) Toronto Blue Jays 5
Manny Ramirez .405 (.40484) Boston Red Sox 6
John Olerud .401 (.40118) Seattle Mariners 7
Alex Rodriguez .399 (.39891) Texas Rangers 8
Bernie Williams .395 (.39494) New York Yankees 9
Frank Catalanotto .391 (.39139) Texas Rangers 10
Doug Mientkiewicz .387 (.38658) Minnesota Twins 11
Jeff Conine .386 (.38602) Baltimore Orioles 12
Magglio Ordonez .382 (.38152) Chicago White Sox 13
Ichiro Suzuki .381 (.38147) Seattle Mariners 14
Rafael Palmeiro .381 (.38095) Texas Rangers 15
Derek Jeter .377 (.37739) New York Yankees 16
Trot Nixon .376 (.37640) Boston Red Sox 17
Tony Clark .374 (.37425) Detroit Tigers 18
Mike Sweeney .374 (.37401) Kansas City Royals 19
Ben Grieve .372 (.37246) Tampa Bay Devil Rays 20
Bret Boone .372 (.37226) Seattle Mariners 21
Shannon Stewart .371 (.37106) Toronto Blue Jays 22
Juan Gonzalez .370 (.36975) Cleveland Indians 23
Ellis Burks .369 (.36893) Cleveland Indians 24
Frank Menechino .369 (.36870) Oakland Athletics 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.

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

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.