Lou Gehrig had the best on-base percentage in the AL in 1936, with an on-base percentage of .478.

Interpreted as:

best obp with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game by a player in the al in 1936

	NAME	OBP	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	AVG	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	.478	1936	NYY	155	579	167	205	37	7	49	152	130	7	46	3	4	719	403	93	3	.354	.696	1.174	192	97.6	.512	178	85.8
2	Luke Appling L. Appling	.474	1936	CWS	138	526	111	204	31	7	6	128	85	1	25	10	6	618	267	44	6	.388	.508	.981	135	54.2	.454	142	40
3	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	.440	1936	BSA	155	585	130	198	32	8	41	143	105	1	119	13	4	693	369	81	2	.338	.631	1.071	162	71.4	.473	151	53.7
4	Earl Averill E. Averill	.438	1936	CLE	152	614	136	232	39	15	28	126	65	1	35	3	3	682	385	82	2	.378	.627	1.065	160	70.4	.473	153	55.7
5	Charlie Gehringer C. Gehringer	.431	1936	DET	154	641	144	227	60	12	15	116	83	4	13	4	1	731	356	87	3	.354	.555	.987	154	58.5	.445	139	43.7
6	Zeke Bonura Z. Bonura	.426	1936	CWS	148	587	120	194	39	7	12	138	94	4	29	4	2	687	283	58	2	.330	.482	.908	130	40.2	.419	123	24.4
7	Harlond Clift H. Clift	.424	1936	SLA	152	576	145	174	40	11	20	73	115	7	68	12	4	701	296	71	3	.302	.514	.938	138	45.8	.428	124	26.1
8	John Stone J. Stone	.421	1936	WSH	123	437	95	149	22	11	15	90	60	0	26	8	0	500	238	48	3	.341	.545	.965	102	35.9	.435	135	27.1
9	George Selkirk G. Selkirk	.420	1936	NYY	137	493	93	152	28	9	18	107	94	1	60	13	7	592	252	55	4	.308	.511	.931	115	37.1	.424	130	27.4
10	Wally Moses W. Moses	.410	1936	PHA	146	585	98	202	35	11	7	66	62	2	32	12	6	655	280	53	6	.345	.479	.888	118	32.3	.408	117	17.3
11	Ben Chapman B. Chapman	.408	1936	TOT	133	540	110	170	50	10	5	81	84	1	38	20	9	628	255	65	3	.315	.472	.880	112	29.3	.405	119	18.4
12	Lyn Lary L. Lary	.404	1936	SLA	155	619	112	179	30	6	2	52	117	2	54	37	9	745	227	38	7	.289	.367	.771	111	13.7	.371	94	-7.2
13	Goose Goslin G. Goslin	.403	1936	DET	147	572	122	180	33	8	24	125	85	0	50	14	4	660	301	65	3	.315	.526	.930	125	38.9	.420	125	25.5
14	Beau Bell B. Bell	.403	1936	SLA	155	616	100	212	40	12	11	123	60	1	55	4	1	683	309	63	6	.344	.502	.905	125	35.8	.412	116	16.5
15	Tony Lazzeri T. Lazzeri	.397	1936	NYY	150	537	82	154	29	6	14	109	97	1	65	8	5	638	237	49	3	.287	.441	.838	105	21.7	.390	112	11.2
16	Joe Kuhel J. Kuhel	.392	1936	WSH	149	588	107	189	42	8	16	118	64	4	30	15	7	659	295	66	3	.321	.502	.893	118	31.1	.406	119	19.4
17	Red Rolfe R. Rolfe	.392	1936	NYY	135	568	116	181	39	15	10	70	68	0	38	3	0	646	280	64	10	.319	.493	.884	113	28.5	.402	118	17.9
18	Bob Johnson B. Johnson	.389	1936	PHA	153	566	91	165	29	14	25	121	88	2	71	6	6	657	297	68	1	.292	.525	.913	120	33.7	.411	119	18.6
19	Gee Walker G. Walker	.387	1936	DET	134	550	105	194	55	5	12	93	23	8	30	17	8	589	295	72	8	.353	.536	.924	110	32.6	.416	123	20.7
20	Frankie Crosetti F. Crosetti	.387	1936	NYY	151	632	137	182	35	7	15	78	90	12	83	18	7	740	276	57	6	.288	.437	.824	118	20.8	.383	108	8.7
21	Sam West S. West	.386	1936	SLA	152	533	78	148	26	4	7	70	94	0	70	2	0	637	203	37	10	.278	.381	.767	92	8.4	.365	90	-9.5
22	Joe Vosmik J. Vosmik	.383	1936	CLE	138	506	76	145	29	7	7	94	79	0	21	5	1	591	209	43	6	.287	.413	.796	89	11.5	.373	99	-1.3
23	Al Simmons A. Simmons	.383	1936	DET	143	568	96	186	38	6	13	112	49	2	35	6	4	620	275	57	1	.327	.484	.867	105	23.6	.395	112	11.1
24	Mule Haas M. Haas	.383	1936	CWS	119	408	75	116	26	2	0	46	64	1	29	1	1	496	146	28	23	.284	.358	.741	68	2.6	.356	88	-8.8
25	Billy Werber B. Werber	.382	1936	BSA	145	535	89	147	29	6	10	67	89	4	37	23	13	639	218	45	11	.275	.407	.790	95	11.6	.371	95	-4.7