1929 On Base Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank
Jimmie Foxx	.463 (.46302)	Philadelphia Athletics	1
Lou Gehrig	.431 (.43088)	New York Yankees	2
Babe Ruth	.430 (.43031)	New York Yankees	3
Tony Lazzeri	.430 (.42950)	New York Yankees	4
Lew Fonseca	.427 (.42697)	Cleveland Indians	5
Lu Blue	.422 (.42225)	St. Louis Browns	6
Earle Combs	.414 (.41374)	New York Yankees	7
Mickey Cochrane	.412 (.41197)	Philadelphia Athletics	8
Harry Heilmann	.412 (.41188)	Detroit Tigers	9
Jimmy Dykes	.412 (.41176)	Philadelphia Athletics	10
Charlie Gehringer	.405 (.40483)	Detroit Tigers	11
Heinie Manush	.401 (.40129)	St. Louis Browns	12
Earl Averill	.398 (.39819)	Cleveland Indians	13
Al Simmons	.398 (.39804)	Philadelphia Athletics	14
Max Bishop	.398 (.39769)	Philadelphia Athletics	15
Dale Alexander	.397 (.39736)	Detroit Tigers	16
Joe Judge	.397 (.39708)	Washington Senators	17
Fred Schulte	.389 (.38933)	St. Louis Browns	18
Joe Cronin	.388 (.38793)	Washington Senators	19
Sam Rice	.382 (.38222)	Washington Senators	20
Bing Miller	.380 (.38000)	Philadelphia Athletics	21
Harry Rice	.379 (.37937)	Detroit Tigers	22
Roy Johnson	.379 (.37907)	Detroit Tigers	23
Bibb Falk	.374 (.37393)	Cleveland Indians	24
Buddy Myer	.373 (.37261)	Washington Senators	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. 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. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.