1947 On Base Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank
Ted Williams	.499 (.49855)	Boston Red Sox	1
Ferris Fain	.414 (.41398)	Philadelphia Athletics	2
Roy Cullenbine	.401 (.40100)	Detroit Tigers	3
Barney McCosky	.395 (.39539)	Philadelphia Athletics	4
George McQuinn	.395 (.39496)	New York Yankees	5
Johnny Pesky	.393 (.39296)	Boston Red Sox	6
Joe DiMaggio	.391 (.39101)	New York Yankees	7
Lou Boudreau	.388 (.38752)	Cleveland Indians	8
George Kell	.387 (.38650)	Detroit Tigers	9
Luke Appling	.386 (.38556)	Chicago White Sox	10
Stan Spence	.378 (.37819)	Washington Senators	11
Dom DiMaggio	.376 (.37627)	Boston Red Sox	12
Tommy Henrich	.372 (.37179)	New York Yankees	13
Hoot Evers	.366 (.36595)	Detroit Tigers	14
Jeff Heath	.366 (.36552)	St. Louis Browns	15
Bob Dillinger	.361 (.36133)	St. Louis Browns	16
Vern Stephens	.359 (.35918)	St. Louis Browns	17
Snuffy Stirnweiss	.358 (.35801)	New York Yankees	18
Hank Majeski	.358 (.35754)	Philadelphia Athletics	19
Sam Mele	.356 (.35642)	Boston Red Sox	20
Billy Johnson	.351 (.35110)	New York Yankees	21
Phil Rizzuto	.350 (.35016)	New York Yankees	22
Eddie Joost	.348 (.34802)	Philadelphia Athletics	23
Dale Mitchell	.347 (.34690)	Cleveland Indians	24
Joe Gordon	.346 (.34560)	Cleveland Indians	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. 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. 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.