On Base Percentage : 1967 American League Top 25

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"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1967 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Carl Yastrzemski .418 (.41826) Boston Red Sox 1
Al Kaline .411 (.41058) Detroit Tigers 2
Harmon Killebrew .408 (.40784) Minnesota Twins 3
Frank Robinson .403 (.40320) Baltimore Orioles 4
Mickey Mantle .391 (.39060) New York Yankees 5
Bill Freehan .389 (.38862) Detroit Tigers 6
George Scott .373 (.37304) Boston Red Sox 7
Don Mincher .367 (.36720) California Angels 8
Dick McAuliffe .364 (.36404) Detroit Tigers 9
Bob Allison .356 (.35602) Minnesota Twins 10
Paul Blair .353 (.35342) Baltimore Orioles 11
Norm Cash .352 (.35243) Detroit Tigers 12
Jim Fregosi .349 (.34938) California Angels 13
Tony Oliva .347 (.34691) Minnesota Twins 14
Mike Andrews .346 (.34643) Boston Red Sox 15
Rod Carew .341 (.34116) Minnesota Twins 16
Frank Howard .338 (.33846) Washington Senators 17
Curt Blefary .337 (.33699) Baltimore Orioles 18
Pete Ward .334 (.33395) Chicago White Sox 19
Jim Northrup .332 (.33210) Detroit Tigers 20
Rico Petrocelli .330 (.33029) Boston Red Sox 21
Fred Valentine .330 (.33015) Washington Senators 22
Brooks Robinson .328 (.32840) Baltimore Orioles 23
Cesar Tovar .325 (.32539) Minnesota Twins 24
Davey Johnson .325 (.32530) Baltimore Orioles 25



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?

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.