On Base Percentage : 2008 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)
 

2008 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League
Milton Bradley .436 (.43615) Texas Rangers 1
Joe Mauer .413 (.41297) Minnesota Twins 2
Nick Markakis .406 (.40603) Baltimore Orioles 3
Carlos Quentin .394 (.39367) Chicago White Sox 4
Alex Rodriguez .392 (.39226) New York Yankees 5
Kevin Youkilis .390 (.38969) Boston Red Sox 6
B.J. Upton .383 (.38305) Tampa Bay Rays 7
Brian Roberts .378 (.37803) Baltimore Orioles 8
Carlos Pena .377 (.37727) Tampa Bay Rays 9
Magglio Ordonez .376 (.37560) Detroit Tigers 10
Dustin Pedroia .376 (.37552) Boston Red Sox 11
Johnny Damon .375 (.37520) New York Yankees 12
Ian Kinsler .375 (.37500) Texas Rangers 13
Jack Cust .375 (.37458) Oakland Athletics 14
Grady Sizemore .375 (.37450) Cleveland Indians 15
Justin Morneau .374 (.37360) Minnesota Twins 16
Jason Giambi .373 (.37345) New York Yankees 17
Bobby Abreu .371 (.37135) New York Yankees 18
Josh Hamilton .371 (.37074) Texas Rangers 19
Chone Figgins .367 (.36680) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 20
David DeJesus .366 (.36649) Kansas City Royals 21
Vladimir Guerrero .365 (.36500) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 22
Curtis Granderson .365 (.36465) Detroit Tigers 23
Derek Jeter .363 (.36309) New York Yankees 24
Jim Thome .362 (.36213) Chicago White Sox 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.

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.

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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