On Base Percentage : 1915 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1915 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ty Cobb .486 (.48625) Detroit Tigers 1
Eddie Collins .460 (.46047) Chicago White Sox 2
Jack Fournier .429 (.42914) Chicago White Sox 3
Tris Speaker .416 (.41575) Boston Red Sox 4
Burt Shotton .409 (.40943) St. Louis Browns 5
Bobby Veach .390 (.39002) Detroit Tigers 6
Joe Jackson .385 (.38536) Cleveland Indians 7
Chicago White Sox  
Amos Strunk .371 (.37085) Philadelphia Athletics 8
Sam Crawford .367 (.36726) Detroit Tigers 9
Ray Schalk .366 (.36611) Chicago White Sox 10
Eddie Murphy .365 (.36453) Philadelphia Athletics 11
Chicago White Sox  
Doc Cook .364 (.36447) New York Yankees 12
Donie Bush .364 (.36417) Detroit Tigers 13
Jack Graney .357 (.35699) Cleveland Indians 14
Hugh High .356 (.35569) New York Yankees 15
Jimmy Austin .355 (.35543) St. Louis Browns 16
Clyde Milan .353 (.35341) Washington Senators 17
Ray Chapman .353 (.35303) Cleveland Indians 18
Duffy Lewis .348 (.34818) Boston Red Sox 19
Ossie Vitt .348 (.34783) Detroit Tigers 20
Fritz Maisel .342 (.34197) New York Yankees 21
Harry Hooper .342 (.34195) Boston Red Sox 22
Chick Gandil .340 (.33973) Washington Senators 23
Wally Pipp .339 (.33883) New York Yankees 24
Stuffy McInnis .337 (.33686) Philadelphia Athletics 25



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?

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.

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.