Top 25 On Base Percentage in 1979 in the American League

On Base Percentage : 1979 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)

1979 On Base Percentage Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name On Base Percentage Team Rank

Fred Lynn .423 (.42283) Boston Red Sox 1

Darrell Porter .421 (.42074) Kansas City Royals 2

Brian Downing .418 (.41821) California Angels 3

Sixto Lezcano .414 (.41429) Milwaukee Brewers 4

Ken Singleton .405 (.40466) Baltimore Orioles 5

Steve Kemp .398 (.39789) Detroit Tigers 6

Lou Whitaker .395 (.39526) Detroit Tigers 7

Chet Lemon .391 (.39110) Chicago White Sox 8

Toby Harrah .389 (.38854) Cleveland Indians 9

Bruce Bochte .385 (.38547) Seattle Mariners 10

Reggie Jackson .382 (.38175) New York Yankees 11

Jim Rice .381 (.38081) Boston Red Sox 12

George Brett .376 (.37571) Kansas City Royals 13

Willie Randolph .374 (.37371) New York Yankees 14

Paul Molitor .372 (.37246) Milwaukee Brewers 15

John Mayberry .372 (.37222) Toronto Blue Jays 16

Don Baylor .371 (.37119) California Angels 17

Amos Otis .369 (.36907) Kansas City Royals 18

Eddie Murray .369 (.36880) Baltimore Orioles 19

Al Oliver .367 (.36685) Texas Rangers 20

Bobby Bonds .367 (.36683) Cleveland Indians 21

Bobby Grich .365 (.36516) California Angels 22

Dwight Evans .364 (.36429) Boston Red Sox 23

Cecil Cooper .364 (.36391) Milwaukee Brewers 24

Lamar Johnson .363 (.36312) Chicago White Sox 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.

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.

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).

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