Top 25 On Base Percentage in 1953 in the American League

On Base Percentage : 1953 American League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)

1953 On Base Percentage Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name On Base Percentage Team Rank

Gene Woodling .429 (.42917) New York Yankees 1

Al Rosen .422 (.42151) Cleveland Indians 2

Minnie Minoso .410 (.40958) Chicago White Sox 3

Ferris Fain .405 (.40502) Chicago White Sox 4

Eddie Yost .403 (.40341) Washington Senators 5

Mickey Vernon .403 (.40296) Washington Senators 6

Mickey Mantle .398 (.39815) New York Yankees 7

Hank Bauer .394 (.39442) New York Yankees 8

Ray Boone .390 (.39024) Cleveland Indians 9

Detroit Tigers

Larry Doby .385 (.38537) Cleveland Indians 10

Billy Goodman .384 (.38394) Boston Red Sox 11

Phil Rizzuto .383 (.38320) New York Yankees 12

George Kell .383 (.38298) Boston Red Sox 13

Jim Delsing .380 (.38000) Detroit Tigers 14

Vic Wertz .376 (.37597) St. Louis Browns 15

Dick Gernert .371 (.37138) Boston Red Sox 16

Yogi Berra .363 (.36331) New York Yankees 17

George Strickland .362 (.36170) Cleveland Indians 18

Gil McDougald .361 (.36139) New York Yankees 19

Jim Busby .358 (.35828) Washington Senators 20

Dave Philley .358 (.35810) Philadelphia Athletics 21

Jackie Jensen .357 (.35714) Washington Senators 22

Harvey Kuenn .356 (.35616) Detroit Tigers 23

Bobby Avila .355 (.35541) Cleveland Indians 24

Gus Zernial .355 (.35494) 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.

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.

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

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