1898 On Base Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank
Billy Hamilton	.480 (.48024)	Boston Beaneaters	1
John McGraw	.475 (.47523)	Baltimore Orioles	2
Hughie Jennings	.454 (.45441)	Baltimore Orioles	3
Elmer Flick	.430 (.42960)	Philadelphia Phillies	4
Ed Delahanty	.426 (.42610)	Philadelphia Phillies	5
Elmer Smith	.425 (.42549)	Cincinnati Reds	6
Willie Keeler	.420 (.42017)	Baltimore Orioles	7
Jesse Burkett	.415 (.41453)	Cleveland Spiders	8
Jimmy Ryan	.405 (.40462)	Chicago Orphans	9
Dan McGann	.404 (.40351)	Baltimore Orioles	10
Joe Kelley	.398 (.39771)	Baltimore Orioles	11
Cupid Childs	.395 (.39506)	Cleveland Spiders	12
Gene DeMontreville	.394 (.39428)	Baltimore Orioles	13
Bill Joyce	.386 (.38599)	New York Giants	14
Bill Dahlen	.385 (.38538)	Chicago Orphans	15
Kip Selbach	.383 (.38316)	Washington Senators	16
Algie McBride	.383 (.38251)	Cincinnati Reds	17
Mike Griffin	.379 (.37851)	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	18
Jimmy Collins	.377 (.37733)	Boston Beaneaters	19
Bill Everitt	.377 (.37730)	Chicago Orphans	20
Bill Lange	.377 (.37681)	Chicago Orphans	21
Chick Stahl	.375 (.37524)	Boston Beaneaters	22
Fred Clarke	.373 (.37311)	Louisville Colonels	23
George Van Haltren	.372 (.37238)	New York Giants	24
Fred Tenney	.370 (.37044)	Boston Beaneaters	25
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank

	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. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.