1945 On Base Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank
Eddie Lake	.412 (.41207)	Boston Red Sox	1
Roy Cullenbine	.402 (.40184)	Cleveland Indians	2
		Detroit Tigers
Bobby Estalella	.399 (.39924)	Philadelphia Athletics	3
Oscar Grimes	.395 (.39451)	New York Yankees	4
Nick Etten	.387 (.38695)	New York Yankees	5
Snuffy Stirnweiss	.385 (.38537)	New York Yankees	6
Joe Kuhel	.378 (.37847)	Washington Senators	7
George Myatt	.378 (.37838)	Washington Senators	8
Wally Moses	.373 (.37344)	Chicago White Sox	9
Hersh Martin	.368 (.36786)	New York Yankees	10
Johnny Dickshot	.366 (.36636)	Chicago White Sox	11
George McQuinn	.364 (.36430)	St. Louis Browns	12
Milt Byrnes	.363 (.36276)	St. Louis Browns	13
George Case	.360 (.35971)	Washington Senators	14
Bob Johnson	.358 (.35750)	Boston Red Sox	15
Vern Stephens	.352 (.35247)	St. Louis Browns	16
Eddie Mayo	.347 (.34672)	Detroit Tigers	17
Mike Tresh	.342 (.34226)	Chicago White Sox	18
Dutch Meyer	.342 (.34220)	Cleveland Indians	19
Pat Seerey	.342 (.34167)	Cleveland Indians	20
Frankie Crosetti	.341 (.34118)	New York Yankees	21
Jimmy Outlaw	.338 (.33809)	Detroit Tigers	22
Mike Kreevich	.337 (.33659)	St. Louis Browns	23
		Washington Senators
Frankie Hayes	.335 (.33509)	Philadelphia Athletics	24
		Cleveland Indians
Rudy York	.331 (.33130)	Detroit Tigers	25
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank

	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). 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.