On Base Percentage : 1956 American League Top 25

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1956 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League
Ted Williams .479 (.47913) Boston Red Sox 1
Mickey Mantle .464 (.46390) New York Yankees 2
Bob Nieman .436 (.43570) Chicago White Sox 3
Baltimore Orioles  
Minnie Minoso .425 (.42511) Chicago White Sox 4
Charlie Maxwell .414 (.41426) Detroit Tigers 5
Eddie Yost .412 (.41185) Washington Senators 6
Gil McDougald .405 (.40509) New York Yankees 7
Jackie Jensen .405 (.40476) Boston Red Sox 8
Mickey Vernon .403 (.40299) Boston Red Sox 9
Ray Boone .403 (.40283) Detroit Tigers 10
Larry Doby .392 (.39187) Chicago White Sox 11
Harvey Kuenn .387 (.38661) Detroit Tigers 12
Al Kaline .383 (.38295) Detroit Tigers 13
Sherm Lollar .383 (.38286) Chicago White Sox 14
Bill Skowron .382 (.38196) New York Yankees 15
Al Smith .378 (.37821) Cleveland Indians 16
Billy Klaus .378 (.37785) Boston Red Sox 17
Yogi Berra .378 (.37752) New York Yankees 18
Pete Runnels .372 (.37227) Washington Senators 19
Roy Sievers .370 (.37026) Washington Senators 20
Vic Wertz .364 (.36444) Cleveland Indians 21
Al Rosen .351 (.35135) Cleveland Indians 22
Jimmy Piersall .350 (.34970) Boston Red Sox 23
Jim Lemon .349 (.34861) Washington Senators 24
Gus Triandos .348 (.34783) Baltimore Orioles 25



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.

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.
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