1934 On Base Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank
Lou Gehrig	.465 (.46522)	New York Yankees	1
Charlie Gehringer	.450 (.44950)	Detroit Tigers	2
Jimmie Foxx	.449 (.44854)	Philadelphia Athletics	3
Babe Ruth	.448 (.44798)	New York Yankees	4
Mickey Cochrane	.428 (.42775)	Detroit Tigers	5
Buddy Myer	.419 (.41946)	Washington Senators	6
Earl Averill	.414 (.41369)	Cleveland Indians	7
Hank Greenberg	.404 (.40426)	Detroit Tigers	8
Al Simmons	.403 (.40294)	Chicago White Sox	9
Sam West	.403 (.40257)	St. Louis Browns	10
Bill Werber	.397 (.39658)	Boston Red Sox	11
John Stone	.395 (.39451)	Washington Senators	12
Pinky Higgins	.392 (.39232)	Philadelphia Athletics	13
Heinie Manush	.392 (.39160)	Washington Senators	14
Rick Ferrell	.390 (.38966)	Boston Red Sox	15
Hal Trosky	.388 (.38832)	Cleveland Indians	16
Marv Owen	.385 (.38535)	Detroit Tigers	17
Evar Swanson	.385 (.38477)	Chicago White Sox	18
Luke Appling	.384 (.38356)	Chicago White Sox	19
Ben Chapman	.381 (.38146)	New York Yankees	20
Zeke Bonura	.380 (.37979)	Chicago White Sox	21
Roy Johnson	.379 (.37881)	Boston Red Sox	22
Bob Johnson	.375 (.37459)	Philadelphia Athletics	23
Billy Rogell	.374 (.37387)	Detroit Tigers	24
Goose Goslin	.373 (.37298)	Detroit Tigers	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.