Top 25 On Base Percentage in 1962 in the American League

On Base Percentage : 1962 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)

1962 On Base Percentage Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name On Base Percentage Team Rank

Mickey Mantle .486 (.48606) New York Yankees 1

Norm Siebern .412 (.41226) Kansas City Athletics 2

Joe Cunningham .410 (.40966) Chicago White Sox 3

Pete Runnels .408 (.40769) Boston Red Sox 4

Floyd Robinson .384 (.38439) Chicago White Sox 5

Norm Cash .382 (.38156) Detroit Tigers 6

Rich Rollins .374 (.37395) Minnesota Twins 7

Rocky Colavito .371 (.37110) Detroit Tigers 8

Bob Allison .370 (.37049) Minnesota Twins 9

Lenny Green .367 (.36667) Minnesota Twins 10

Harmon Killebrew .366 (.36637) Minnesota Twins 11

Al Smith .363 (.36348) Chicago White Sox 12

Johnny Romano .363 (.36264) Cleveland Indians 13

Carl Yastrzemski .363 (.36262) Boston Red Sox 14

Woodie Held .362 (.36232) Cleveland Indians 15

Chuck Hinton .361 (.36134) Washington Senators 16

Albie Pearson .360 (.36006) Los Angeles Angels 17

Tom Tresh .359 (.35938) New York Yankees 18

Ed Charles .356 (.35630) Kansas City Athletics 19

Roger Maris .356 (.35569) New York Yankees 20

Lee Thomas .355 (.35494) Los Angeles Angels 21

Manny Jimenez .354 (.35361) Kansas City Athletics 22

Dick McAuliffe .349 (.34879) Detroit Tigers 23

Earl Battey .348 (.34820) Minnesota Twins 24

Bill Bruton .346 (.34615) Detroit Tigers 25

Name On Base Percentage Team Rank

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.

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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