Top 25 On Base Percentage in 1879 in the National League

On Base Percentage : 1879 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1879 On Base Percentage Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name On Base Percentage Team Rank

Jim O'Rourke .371 (.37067) Providence Grays 1

Paul Hines .369 (.36930) Providence Grays 2

Charley Jones .367 (.36719) Boston Red Caps 3

King Kelly .363 (.36261) Cincinnati Reds 4

John O'Rourke .357 (.35692) Boston Red Caps 5

Tom York .346 (.34626) Providence Grays 6

Ed Cogswell .344 (.34426) Boston Red Caps 7

Ned Williamson .343 (.34302) Chicago White Stockings 8

Deacon White .342 (.34218) Cincinnati Reds 9

Joe Start .333 (.33333) Providence Grays 10

Cap Anson .323 (.32314) Chicago White Stockings 11

Orator Shafer .317 (.31677) Chicago White Stockings 12

Hardy Richardson .315 (.31534) Buffalo Bisons 13

Cal McVey .312 (.31215) Cincinnati Reds 14

John Morrill .309 (.30939) Boston Red Caps 15

Bill Crowley .303 (.30337) Buffalo Bisons 16

Pete Hotaling .302 (.30184) Cincinnati Reds 17

Jack Farrell .302 (.30169) Syracuse Stars 18

Providence Grays

Ross Barnes .301 (.30088) Cincinnati Reds 19

Abner Dalrymple .300 (.29970) Chicago White Stockings 20

George Wright .299 (.29925) Providence Grays 21

John Ward .299 (.29919) Providence Grays 22

Buttercup Dickerson .297 (.29745) Cincinnati Reds 23

Doc Kennedy .297 (.29744) Cleveland Blues 24

Silver Flint .297 (.29697) Chicago White Stockings 25

Name On Base Percentage Team Rank

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).

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.

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