1940 On Base Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank
Ted Williams	.442 (.44242)	Boston Red Sox	1
Hank Greenberg	.433 (.43328)	Detroit Tigers	2
Charlie Gehringer	.428 (.42811)	Detroit Tigers	3
Joe DiMaggio	.425 (.42483)	New York Yankees	4
Luke Appling	.420 (.41981)	Chicago White Sox	5
Jimmie Foxx	.412 (.41234)	Boston Red Sox	6
Charlie Keller	.411 (.41089)	New York Yankees	7
Rudy York	.410 (.40969)	Detroit Tigers	8
Barney McCosky	.408 (.40791)	Detroit Tigers	9
Harlond Clift	.396 (.39587)	St. Louis Browns	10
Wally Moses	.396 (.39577)	Philadelphia Athletics	11
Buddy Lewis	.393 (.39259)	Washington Senators	12
Rip Radcliff	.392 (.39241)	St. Louis Browns	13
Hal Trosky	.392 (.39174)	Cleveland Indians	14
Frankie Hayes	.389 (.38899)	Philadelphia Athletics	15
Taffy Wright	.385 (.38498)	Chicago White Sox	16
Cecil Travis	.381 (.38062)	Washington Senators	17
Joe Cronin	.380 (.37975)	Boston Red Sox	18
Ben Chapman	.377 (.37739)	Cleveland Indians	19
Bob Johnson	.374 (.37396)	Philadelphia Athletics	20
Joe Kuhel	.374 (.37374)	Chicago White Sox	21
Lou Boudreau	.370 (.37037)	Cleveland Indians	22
Wally Judnich	.368 (.36824)	St. Louis Browns	23
Lou Finney	.360 (.35979)	Boston Red Sox	24
Pinky Higgins	.357 (.35662)	Detroit Tigers	25
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank

	The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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). 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?