Top 25 On Base Percentage in 1881 in the National League

On Base Percentage : 1881 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)

1881 On Base Percentage Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name On Base Percentage Team Rank

Cap Anson .442 (.44173) Chicago White Stockings 1

Martin Powell .380 (.38034) Detroit Wolverines 2

Tom York .362 (.36232) Providence Grays 3

Dan Brouthers .361 (.36111) Buffalo Bisons 4

Fred Dunlap .358 (.35772) Cleveland Blues 5

George Gore .354 (.35417) Chicago White Stockings 6

King Kelly .352 (.35230) Chicago White Stockings 7

Jim O'Rourke .352 (.35200) Buffalo Bisons 8

Abner Dalrymple .350 (.35013) Chicago White Stockings 9

Pete Hotaling .346 (.34627) Worcester Ruby Legs 10

Joe Start .345 (.34454) Providence Grays 11

John Clapp .341 (.34122) Cleveland Blues 12

Charlie Bennett .341 (.34069) Detroit Wolverines 13

Bob Ferguson .340 (.33967) Troy Trojans 14

Jack Rowe .336 (.33603) Buffalo Bisons 15

George Wood .334 (.33427) Detroit Wolverines 16

Buttercup Dickerson .331 (.33067) Worcester Ruby Legs 17

Deacon White .329 (.32927) Buffalo Bisons 18

Ned Hanlon .327 (.32722) Detroit Wolverines 19

Silver Flint .324 (.32372) Chicago White Stockings 20

Emil Gross .323 (.32308) Providence Grays 21

Roger Connor .319 (.31937) Troy Trojans 22

Ezra Sutton .318 (.31792) Boston Red Caps 23

Lon Knight .317 (.31680) Detroit Wolverines 24

John Morrill .316 (.31579) Boston Red Caps 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).

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.

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.

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