Top 25 On Base Percentage in 1965 in the American League

On Base Percentage : 1965 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)

1965 On Base Percentage Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name On Base Percentage Team Rank

Carl Yastrzemski .395 (.39543) Boston Red Sox 1

Rocky Colavito .383 (.38273) Cleveland Indians 2

Curt Blefary .381 (.38087) Baltimore Orioles 3

Tony Oliva .378 (.37829) Minnesota Twins 4

Felix Mantilla .374 (.37380) Boston Red Sox 5

Norm Cash .371 (.37138) Detroit Tigers 6

Leon Wagner .369 (.36878) Cleveland Indians 7

Lee Thomas .361 (.36120) Boston Red Sox 8

Frank Howard .358 (.35826) Washington Senators 9

Don Buford .358 (.35801) Chicago White Sox 10

Floyd Robinson .352 (.35188) Chicago White Sox 11

Brooks Robinson .351 (.35131) Baltimore Orioles 12

Tom Tresh .348 (.34835) New York Yankees 13

Boog Powell .347 (.34720) Baltimore Orioles 14

Jimmie Hall .347 (.34655) Minnesota Twins 15

Vic Davalillo .344 (.34375) Cleveland Indians 16

Bob Allison .342 (.34170) Minnesota Twins 17

Don Wert .341 (.34107) Detroit Tigers 18

Wayne Causey .341 (.34083) Kansas City Athletics 19

Willie Horton .340 (.34035) Detroit Tigers 20

Tony Conigliaro .338 (.33793) Boston Red Sox 21

Jim Fregosi .337 (.33683) California Angels 22

Jerry Lumpe .333 (.33274) Detroit Tigers 23

Ed Charles .332 (.33208) Kansas City Athletics 24

Ken Harrelson .329 (.32911) Kansas City Athletics 25

Name On Base Percentage Team Rank

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

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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