On Base Percentage : 1944 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1944 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bob Johnson .431 (.43109) Boston Red Sox 1
Lou Boudreau .406 (.40634) Cleveland Indians 2
Bobby Doerr .399 (.39924) Boston Red Sox 3
Nick Etten .399 (.39911) New York Yankees 4
Milt Byrnes .396 (.39579) St. Louis Browns 5
Pinky Higgins .392 (.39172) Detroit Tigers 6
Stan Spence .391 (.39098) Washington Senators 7
Snuffy Stirnweiss .389 (.38912) New York Yankees 8
Dick Siebert .387 (.38679) Philadelphia Athletics 9
Roy Cullenbine .380 (.38030) Cleveland Indians 10
Bobby Estalella .374 (.37390) Philadelphia Athletics 11
Thurman Tucker .368 (.36779) Chicago White Sox 12
Vern Stephens .365 (.36495) St. Louis Browns 13
Joe Kuhel .364 (.36395) Washington Senators 14
George Myatt .357 (.35726) Washington Senators 15
George McQuinn .357 (.35714) St. Louis Browns 16
Ken Keltner .355 (.35463) Cleveland Indians 17
Pete Fox .354 (.35361) Boston Red Sox 18
Rudy York .353 (.35276) Detroit Tigers 19
Johnny Lindell .351 (.35101) New York Yankees 20
Wally Moses .345 (.34524) Chicago White Sox 21
Oris Hockett .339 (.33943) Cleveland Indians 22
Doc Cramer .337 (.33712) Detroit Tigers 23
Jim Tabor .334 (.33404) Boston Red Sox 24
Ralph Hodgin .333 (.33333) Chicago White Sox 25



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.

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.

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