1943 On Base Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank
Luke Appling	.419 (.41864)	Chicago White Sox	1
Roy Cullenbine	.407 (.40684)	Cleveland Indians	2
Charlie Keller	.396 (.39644)	New York Yankees	3
Lou Boudreau	.388 (.38792)	Cleveland Indians	4
Guy Curtright	.382 (.38214)	Chicago White Sox	5
Dick Wakefield	.377 (.37698)	Detroit Tigers	6
Jeff Heath	.369 (.36885)	Cleveland Indians	7
Rudy York	.366 (.36585)	Detroit Tigers	8
Stan Spence	.366 (.36571)	Washington Senators	9
Joe Gordon	.365 (.36547)	New York Yankees	10
Bob Johnson	.362 (.36238)	Washington Senators	11
Milt Byrnes	.362 (.36157)	St. Louis Browns	12
Mickey Vernon	.357 (.35714)	Washington Senators	13
Vern Stephens	.357 (.35689)	St. Louis Browns	14
Nick Etten	.355 (.35508)	New York Yankees	15
Jerry Priddy	.350 (.35032)	Washington Senators	16
Pinky Higgins	.349 (.34940)	Detroit Tigers	17
Jake Early	.346 (.34583)	Washington Senators	18
Billy Johnson	.344 (.34361)	New York Yankees	19
George Case	.341 (.34094)	Washington Senators	20
Bobby Doerr	.339 (.33883)	Boston Red Sox	21
Chet Laabs	.338 (.33790)	St. Louis Browns	22
Pete Fox	.337 (.33714)	Boston Red Sox	23
Harlond Clift	.336 (.33617)	St. Louis Browns	24
		Washington Senators
Thurman Tucker	.336 (.33553)	Chicago White 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). The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.