1952 On Base Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank
Ferris Fain	.438 (.43789)	Philadelphia Athletics	1
Elmer Valo	.432 (.43177)	Philadelphia Athletics	2
Gene Woodling	.397 (.39744)	New York Yankees	3
Mickey Mantle	.394 (.39423)	New York Yankees	4
Eddie Joost	.388 (.38831)	Philadelphia Athletics	5
Al Rosen	.387 (.38700)	Cleveland Indians	6
Dale Mitchell	.387 (.38652)	Cleveland Indians	7
Larry Doby	.383 (.38259)	Cleveland Indians	8
Eddie Robinson	.382 (.38166)	Chicago White Sox	9
Vic Wertz	.381 (.38144)	Detroit Tigers	10
		St. Louis Browns
George Kell	.379 (.37895)	Detroit Tigers	11
		Boston Red Sox
Eddie Yost	.378 (.37845)	Washington Senators	12
Minnie Minoso	.375 (.37462)	Chicago White Sox	13
Bobby Avila	.371 (.37143)	Cleveland Indians	14
Dom DiMaggio	.371 (.37064)	Boston Red Sox	15
Billy Goodman	.370 (.36991)	Boston Red Sox	16
Pete Runnels	.368 (.36783)	Washington Senators	17
Joe Collins	.364 (.36364)	New York Yankees	18
Yogi Berra	.358 (.35762)	New York Yankees	19
Jackie Jensen	.357 (.35660)	New York Yankees	20
		Washington Senators
Hank Bauer	.355 (.35479)	New York Yankees	21
Mickey Vernon	.353 (.35258)	Washington Senators	22
Bob Nieman	.352 (.35238)	St. Louis Browns	23
Johnny Groth	.348 (.34783)	Detroit Tigers	24
Gus Zernial	.347 (.34677)	Philadelphia Athletics	25
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank

	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. 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.