2005 On Base Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank
Jason Giambi	.440 (.44037)	New York Yankees	1
Alex Rodriguez	.421 (.42098)	New York Yankees	2
Travis Hafner	.408 (.40830)	Cleveland Indians	3
David Ortiz	.397 (.39691)	Boston Red Sox	4
Vladimir Guerrero	.394 (.39394)	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	5
Derek Jeter	.389 (.38926)	New York Yankees	6
Manny Ramirez	.388 (.38769)	Boston Red Sox	7
Brian Roberts	.387 (.38740)	Baltimore Orioles	8
Michael Young	.385 (.38525)	Texas Rangers	9
Mark Teixeira	.379 (.37945)	Texas Rangers	10
Gary Sheffield	.379 (.37926)	New York Yankees	11
Victor Martinez	.378 (.37781)	Cleveland Indians	12
Paul Konerko	.375 (.37500)	Chicago White Sox	13
Joe Mauer	.372 (.37184)	Minnesota Twins	14
Bill Mueller	.369 (.36949)	Boston Red Sox	15
Richie Sexson	.369 (.36890)	Seattle Mariners	16
Hideki Matsui	.367 (.36700)	New York Yankees	17
David Dellucci	.367 (.36680)	Texas Rangers	18
Johnny Damon	.366 (.36628)	Boston Red Sox	19
Jason Varitek	.366 (.36617)	Boston Red Sox	20
Jhonny Peralta	.366 (.36555)	Cleveland Indians	21
Julio Lugo	.362 (.36245)	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	22
David DeJesus	.359 (.35907)	Kansas City Royals	23
Gregg Zaun	.355 (.35547)	Toronto Blue Jays	24
Raul Ibanez	.355 (.35507)	Seattle Mariners	25
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank

	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. 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. 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.