Top 25 On Base Percentage in 1938 in the American League

On Base Percentage : 1938 American League Top 25

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"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)

1938 On Base Percentage Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name On Base Percentage Team Rank

Jimmie Foxx .462 (.46199) Boston Red Sox 1

Buddy Myer .454 (.45386) Washington Senators 2

Hank Greenberg .438 (.43805) Detroit Tigers 3

Earl Averill .429 (.42933) Cleveland Indians 4

Joe Cronin .428 (.42812) Boston Red Sox 5

Charlie Gehringer .425 (.42482) Detroit Tigers 6

Harlond Clift .423 (.42314) St. Louis Browns 7

Ben Chapman .418 (.41835) Boston Red Sox 8

Rudy York .417 (.41652) Detroit Tigers 9

Bill Dickey .412 (.41243) New York Yankees 10

Lou Gehrig .410 (.40988) New York Yankees 11

Hal Trosky .407 (.40675) Cleveland Indians 12

Bob Johnson .406 (.40644) Philadelphia Athletics 13

Rick Ferrell .401 (.40123) Washington Senators 14

Cecil Travis .401 (.40064) Washington Senators 15

Dixie Walker .396 (.39615) Detroit Tigers 16

Tommy Henrich .391 (.39115) New York Yankees 17

Pinky Higgins .388 (.38758) Boston Red Sox 18

Joe DiMaggio .386 (.38636) New York Yankees 19

Red Rolfe .386 (.38559) New York Yankees 20

George McQuinn .384 (.38427) St. Louis Browns 21

Joe Vosmik .384 (.38416) Boston Red Sox 22

Jeff Heath .383 (.38318) Cleveland Indians 23

Frankie Crosetti .382 (.38165) New York Yankees 24

Red Kress .378 (.37795) St. Louis Browns 25

Name On Base Percentage Team Rank

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.

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.

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.

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