On Base Percentage : 1882 National League Top 25

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1882 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League
Dan Brouthers .403 (.40323) Buffalo Bisons 1
Cap Anson .397 (.39674) Chicago White Stockings 2
Jim Whitney .382 (.38182) Boston Red Caps 3
George Gore .369 (.36869) Chicago White Stockings 4
Roger Connor .354 (.35359) Troy Trojans 5
Joe Start .349 (.34877) Providence Grays 6
Charlie Bennett .340 (.33978) Detroit Wolverines 7
Ned Williamson .333 (.33333) Chicago White Stockings 8
Harry Stovey .330 (.32984) Worcester Ruby Legs 9
Curry Foley .329 (.32861) Buffalo Bisons 10
Paul Hines .326 (.32648) Providence Grays 11
John Morrill .324 (.32425) Boston Red Caps 12
Fred Dunlap .323 (.32300) Cleveland Blues 13
King Kelly .323 (.32300) Chicago White Stockings  
Abner Dalrymple .319 (.31873) Chicago White Stockings 15
Jack Glasscock .315 (.31536) Cleveland Blues 16
Deacon White .313 (.31250) Buffalo Bisons 17
Tom York .309 (.30882) Providence Grays 18
Lee Richmond .308 (.30802) Worcester Ruby Legs 19
Bob Ferguson .307 (.30702) Troy Trojans 20
Jim O'Rourke .305 (.30548) Buffalo Bisons 21
Joe Hornung .305 (.30513) Boston Red Caps 22
Ezra Sutton .303 (.30321) Boston Red Caps 23
Blondie Purcell .302 (.30203) Buffalo Bisons 24
Pete Gillespie .296 (.29642) Troy Trojans 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.

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.
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