On Base Percentage : 1963 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1963 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Carl Yastrzemski .418 (.41829) Boston Red Sox 1
Albie Pearson .402 (.40208) Los Angeles Angels 2
Norm Cash .386 (.38579) Detroit Tigers 3
Bob Allison .378 (.37760) Minnesota Twins 4
Al Kaline .375 (.37520) Detroit Tigers 5
Tom Tresh .371 (.37092) New York Yankees 6
Earl Battey .369 (.36897) Minnesota Twins 7
Floyd Robinson .361 (.36134) Chicago White Sox 8
Rich Rollins .359 (.35875) Minnesota Twins 9
Rocky Colavito .358 (.35797) Detroit Tigers 10
Norm Siebern .358 (.35770) Kansas City Athletics 11
Pete Ward .353 (.35294) Chicago White Sox 12
Jim Gentile .353 (.35284) Baltimore Orioles 13
Leon Wagner .352 (.35237) Los Angeles Angels 14
Harmon Killebrew .349 (.34899) Minnesota Twins 15
Wayne Causey .345 (.34477) Kansas City Athletics 16
Jimmie Hall .342 (.34164) Minnesota Twins 17
Elston Howard .342 (.34151) New York Yankees 18
Chuck Hinton .340 (.34013) Washington Senators 19
Mike Hershberger .338 (.33781) Chicago White Sox 20
Don Lock .338 (.33770) Washington Senators 21
Dick McAuliffe .334 (.33438) Detroit Tigers 22
Jerry Lumpe .333 (.33333) Kansas City Athletics 23
Ed Charles .332 (.33234) Kansas City Athletics 24
Bill Bruton .330 (.33048) Detroit Tigers 25



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?

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.