2002 On Base Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank
Manny Ramirez	.450 (.44981)	Boston Red Sox	1
Jim Thome	.445 (.44535)	Cleveland Indians	2
Jason Giambi	.435 (.43541)	New York Yankees	3
Mike Sweeney	.417 (.41651)	Kansas City Royals	4
Bernie Williams	.415 (.41488)	New York Yankees	5
Carlos Delgado	.406 (.40605)	Toronto Blue Jays	6
John Olerud	.403 (.40269)	Seattle Mariners	7
Alex Rodriguez	.392 (.39172)	Texas Rangers	8
Rafael Palmeiro	.391 (.39065)	Texas Rangers	9
Ichiro Suzuki	.388 (.38759)	Seattle Mariners	10
Magglio Ordonez	.381 (.38132)	Chicago White Sox	11
Tim Salmon	.380 (.38028)	Anaheim Angels	12
Ray Durham	.374 (.37442)	Chicago White Sox	13
		Oakland Athletics
Scott Hatteberg	.374 (.37390)	Oakland Athletics	14
Derek Jeter	.373 (.37276)	New York Yankees	15
Scott Spiezio	.371 (.37148)	Anaheim Angels	16
Shannon Stewart	.371 (.37129)	Toronto Blue Jays	17
Jorge Posada	.370 (.36957)	New York Yankees	18
Robin Ventura	.368 (.36833)	New York Yankees	19
Corey Koskie	.368 (.36806)	Minnesota Twins	20
Eric Hinske	.365 (.36462)	Toronto Blue Jays	21
Doug Mientkiewicz	.365 (.36462)	Minnesota Twins
David Eckstein	.363 (.36337)	Anaheim Angels	23
Ellis Burks	.362 (.36204)	Cleveland Indians	24
Frank Thomas	.361 (.36146)	Chicago White Sox	25
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank

	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. 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 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?