On Base Percentage : 1959 American League Top 25

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1959 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Eddie Yost .435 (.43517) Detroit Tigers 1
Pete Runnels .415 (.41463) Boston Red Sox 2
Al Kaline .410 (.40978) Detroit Tigers 3
Harvey Kuenn .402 (.40228) Detroit Tigers 4
Gene Woodling .402 (.40153) Baltimore Orioles 5
Mickey Mantle .390 (.39028) New York Yankees 6
Nellie Fox .380 (.38048) Chicago White Sox 7
Minnie Minoso .377 (.37733) Cleveland Indians 8
Jackie Jensen .372 (.37165) Boston Red Sox 9
Jim Landis .370 (.37049) Chicago White Sox 10
Bill Tuttle .369 (.36944) Kansas City Athletics 11
Don Buddin .366 (.36644) Boston Red Sox 12
Roger Maris .359 (.35944) Kansas City Athletics 13
Charlie Maxwell .358 (.35750) Detroit Tigers 14
Harmon Killebrew .354 (.35394) Washington Senators 15
Yogi Berra .347 (.34741) New York Yankees 16
Sherm Lollar .345 (.34495) Chicago White Sox 17
Frank Bolling .339 (.33918) Detroit Tigers 18
Rocky Colavito .337 (.33735) Cleveland Indians 19
Bobby Richardson .335 (.33534) New York Yankees 20
Jim Lemon .334 (.33390) Washington Senators 21
Vic Power .334 (.33385) Cleveland Indians 22
Bob Allison .333 (.33281) Washington Senators 23
Hector Lopez .333 (.33277) Kansas City Athletics 24
New York Yankees  
Bob Cerv .332 (.33203) Kansas City Athletics 25



Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

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.