1917 On Base Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank
Ty Cobb	.444 (.44410)	Detroit Tigers	1
Tris Speaker	.432 (.43216)	Cleveland Indians	2
Bobby Veach	.393 (.39314)	Detroit Tigers	3
George Sisler	.390 (.38986)	St. Louis Browns	4
Eddie Collins	.389 (.38872)	Chicago White Sox	5
Joe Jackson	.375 (.37542)	Chicago White Sox	6
Ray Chapman	.370 (.37019)	Cleveland Indians	7
Donie Bush	.370 (.36953)	Detroit Tigers	8
Clyde Milan	.364 (.36392)	Washington Senators	9
Amos Strunk	.363 (.36289)	Philadelphia Athletics	10
Sam Rice	.360 (.35994)	Washington Senators	11
Tim Hendryx	.359 (.35870)	New York Yankees	12
Ping Bodie	.356 (.35563)	Philadelphia Athletics	13
Braggo Roth	.355 (.35519)	Cleveland Indians	14
Harry Hooper	.355 (.35504)	Boston Red Sox	15
Happy Felsch	.352 (.35179)	Chicago White Sox	16
Nemo Leibold	.350 (.34990)	Chicago White Sox	17
Jack Graney	.348 (.34755)	Cleveland Indians	18
Whitey Witt	.346 (.34623)	Philadelphia Athletics	19
Frank Baker	.345 (.34488)	New York Yankees	20
Duffy Lewis	.342 (.34242)	Boston Red Sox	21
Stuffy McInnis	.342 (.34167)	Philadelphia Athletics	22
Larry Gardner	.341 (.34050)	Boston Red Sox	23
Roger Peckinpaugh	.340 (.33990)	New York Yankees	24
Dick Hoblitzel	.336 (.33617)	Boston Red 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. 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). 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.