On Base Percentage : 1946 American League Top 25

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"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1946 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ted Williams .497 (.49702) Boston Red Sox 1
Barney McCosky .407 (.40741) Detroit Tigers 2
Philadelphia Athletics  
Charlie Keller .405 (.40458) New York Yankees 3
Mickey Vernon .403 (.40252) Washington Senators 4
Johnny Pesky .401 (.40058) Boston Red Sox 5
Dom DiMaggio .393 (.39268) Boston Red Sox 6
Luke Appling .384 (.38438) Chicago White Sox 7
Jeff Heath .374 (.37410) Washington Senators 8
St. Louis Browns  
Hank Greenberg .373 (.37313) Detroit Tigers 9
George Kell .372 (.37189) Philadelphia Athletics 10
Detroit Tigers  
Rudy York .371 (.37087) Boston Red Sox 11
Eddie Lake .369 (.36888) Detroit Tigers 12
Thurman Tucker .367 (.36714) Chicago White Sox 13
Joe DiMaggio .367 (.36702) New York Yankees 14
Stan Spence .365 (.36491) Washington Senators 15
Hank Edwards .361 (.36128) Cleveland Indians 16
Buddy Lewis .359 (.35925) Washington Senators 17
Tommy Henrich .358 (.35812) New York Yankees 18
Vern Stephens .357 (.35670) St. Louis Browns 19
Bobby Doerr .346 (.34615) Boston Red Sox 20
Lou Boudreau .345 (.34532) Cleveland Indians 21
Joe Grace .341 (.34091) St. Louis Browns 22
Washington Senators  
Snuffy Stirnweiss .340 (.33996) New York Yankees 23
Wally Judnich .340 (.33975) St. Louis Browns 24
Pat Seerey .334 (.33404) Cleveland Indians 25



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

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.