On Base Percentage : 1964 American League Top 25

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1964 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League
Mickey Mantle .423 (.42328) New York Yankees 1
Bob Allison .404 (.40404) Minnesota Twins 2
Boog Powell .399 (.39881) Baltimore Orioles 3
Floyd Robinson .388 (.38769) Chicago White Sox 4
Al Kaline .383 (.38284) Detroit Tigers 5
Norm Siebern .379 (.37943) Baltimore Orioles 6
Wayne Causey .377 (.37696) Kansas City Athletics 7
Harmon Killebrew .377 (.37683) Minnesota Twins 8
Carl Yastrzemski .374 (.37364) Boston Red Sox 9
Eddie Bressoud .372 (.37227) Boston Red Sox 10
Jim Gentile .372 (.37218) Kansas City Athletics 11
Elston Howard .371 (.37068) New York Yankees 12
Jim Fregosi .369 (.36923) Los Angeles Angels 13
Brooks Robinson .368 (.36780) Baltimore Orioles 14
Rocky Colavito .366 (.36618) Kansas City Athletics 15
Roger Maris .364 (.36364) New York Yankees 16
Tony Oliva .359 (.35944) Minnesota Twins 17
Norm Cash .351 (.35063) Detroit Tigers 18
Bill Freehan .350 (.35026) Detroit Tigers 19
Pete Ward .348 (.34768) Chicago White Sox 20
Ron Hansen .347 (.34697) Chicago White Sox 21
Don Lock .346 (.34615) Washington Senators 22
Chuck Hinton .346 (.34609) Washington Senators 23
Tom Tresh .342 (.34198) New York Yankees 24
Jimmie Hall .338 (.33750) Minnesota Twins 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.
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