Top 25 On Base Percentage in 1966 in the American League

On Base Percentage : 1966 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)

1966 On Base Percentage Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name On Base Percentage Team Rank

Frank Robinson .410 (.41029) Baltimore Orioles 1

Al Kaline .392 (.39229) Detroit Tigers 2

Harmon Killebrew .391 (.39143) Minnesota Twins 3

Dick McAuliffe .373 (.37251) Detroit Tigers 4

Boog Powell .372 (.37189) Baltimore Orioles 5

Curt Blefary .371 (.37126) Baltimore Orioles 6

Carl Yastrzemski .368 (.36765) Boston Red Sox 7

Joe Foy .364 (.36447) Boston Red Sox 8

Tony Oliva .353 (.35259) Minnesota Twins 9

Fred Valentine .351 (.35140) Washington Senators 10

Norm Cash .351 (.35103) Detroit Tigers 11

Frank Howard .348 (.34791) Washington Senators 12

Don Wert .342 (.34231) Detroit Tigers 13

Tom Tresh .341 (.34119) New York Yankees 14

Don Mincher .340 (.34008) Minnesota Twins 15

Rocky Colavito .336 (.33550) Cleveland Indians 16

Leon Wagner .334 (.33389) Cleveland Indians 17

Brooks Robinson .333 (.33285) Baltimore Orioles 18

Tony Conigliaro .330 (.32958) Boston Red Sox 19

Tommie Agee .326 (.32602) Chicago White Sox 20

Jim Fregosi .325 (.32507) California Angels 21

Cesar Tovar .325 (.32500) Minnesota Twins 22

George Scott .324 (.32401) Boston Red Sox 23

Don Buford .323 (.32305) Chicago White Sox 24

Willie Horton .321 (.32118) 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.

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.

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