On Base Percentage : 1961 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)
 

1961 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League
Norm Cash .487 (.48657) Detroit Tigers 1
Mickey Mantle .448 (.44806) New York Yankees 2
Jim Gentile .423 (.42263) Baltimore Orioles 3
Albie Pearson .420 (.42045) Los Angeles Angels 4
Harmon Killebrew .405 (.40549) Minnesota Twins 5
Rocky Colavito .402 (.40227) Detroit Tigers 6
Al Kaline .393 (.39334) Detroit Tigers 7
Norm Siebern .384 (.38367) Kansas City Athletics 8
Jimmy Piersall .378 (.37782) Cleveland Indians 9
Earl Battey .377 (.37718) Minnesota Twins 10
Dick Howser .377 (.37693) Kansas City Athletics 11
Roy Sievers .377 (.37655) Chicago White Sox 12
Johnny Romano .377 (.37651) Cleveland Indians 13
Lenny Green .374 (.37446) Minnesota Twins 14
Roger Maris .372 (.37249) New York Yankees 15
Jackie Brandt .371 (.37113) Baltimore Orioles 16
Minnie Minoso .369 (.36850) Chicago White Sox 17
Tito Francona .363 (.36336) Cleveland Indians 18
Bob Allison .363 (.36310) Minnesota Twins 19
Jim Landis .362 (.36184) Chicago White Sox 20
Danny O'Connell .361 (.36111) Washington Senators 21
Woodie Held .354 (.35434) Cleveland Indians 22
Lee Thomas .353 (.35317) New York Yankees 23
Los Angeles Angels  
Johnny Temple .351 (.35112) Cleveland Indians 24
Jackie Jensen .350 (.35026) Boston Red Sox 25



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

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).

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.
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