Top 25 On Base Percentage in 1902 in the American League

On Base Percentage : 1902 American League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1902 On Base Percentage Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name On Base Percentage Team Rank

Ed Delahanty .453 (.45269) Washington Senators 1

Patsy Dougherty .407 (.40741) Boston Americans 2

Jimmy Barrett .397 (.39728) Detroit Tigers 3

Kip Selbach .393 (.39254) Baltimore Orioles 4

Fielder Jones .390 (.39020) Chicago White Stockings 5

Jesse Burkett .390 (.38951) St. Louis Browns 6

Danny Green .388 (.38817) Chicago White Stockings 7

Sammy Strang .387 (.38736) Chicago White Stockings 8

Charlie Hickman .387 (.38669) Boston Americans 9

Cleveland Blues

George Davis .386 (.38628) Chicago White Stockings 10

Jimmy Ryan .384 (.38390) Washington Senators 11

Topsy Hartsel .383 (.38328) Philadelphia Athletics 12

Dave Fultz .381 (.38070) Philadelphia Athletics 13

Elmer Flick .377 (.37692) Philadelphia Athletics 14

Cleveland Blues

Bill Bradley .375 (.37522) Cleveland Blues 15

Socks Seybold .375 (.37478) Philadelphia Athletics 16

Chick Stahl .375 (.37455) Boston Americans 17

Lave Cross .374 (.37415) Philadelphia Athletics 18

Charlie Hemphill .369 (.36852) Cleveland Blues 19

St. Louis Browns

Jimmy Williams .361 (.36075) Baltimore Orioles 20

Jimmy Collins .360 (.36044) Boston Americans 21

Buck Freeman .352 (.35216) Boston Americans 22

Scoops Carey .350 (.35010) Washington Senators 23

Bobby Wallace .350 (.34991) St. Louis Browns 24

Kid Elberfeld .348 (.34838) Detroit Tigers 25

Name On Base Percentage Team Rank

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?

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.

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.

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