1899 On Base Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank
John McGraw	.547 (.54749)	Baltimore Orioles	1
Ed Delahanty	.464 (.46406)	Philadelphia Phillies	2
Jesse Burkett	.463 (.46252)	St. Louis Perfectos	3
Roy Thomas	.457 (.45655)	Philadelphia Phillies	4
Chick Stahl	.426 (.42638)	Boston Beaneaters	5
Willie Keeler	.425 (.42532)	Brooklyn Superbas	6
Jimmy Williams	.417 (.41728)	Pittsburgh Pirates	7
Ginger Beaumont	.416 (.41649)	Pittsburgh Pirates	8
Fred Tenney	.411 (.41106)	Boston Beaneaters	9
Joe Kelley	.410 (.40976)	Brooklyn Superbas	10
Tom Daly	.409 (.40933)	Brooklyn Superbas	11
Elmer Flick	.407 (.40706)	Philadelphia Phillies	12
Fred Clarke	.406 (.40630)	Louisville Colonels	13
Bill Dahlen	.398 (.39804)	Brooklyn Superbas	14
George Davis	.393 (.39341)	New York Giants	15
Jake Beckley	.393 (.39254)	Cincinnati Reds	16
Honus Wagner	.391 (.39068)	Louisville Colonels	17
Fielder Jones	.390 (.39019)	Brooklyn Superbas	18
Tom McCreery	.390 (.39010)	Pittsburgh Pirates	19
Dan McGann	.389 (.38869)	Brooklyn Superbas	20
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Elmer Smith	.385 (.38501)	Cincinnati Reds	21
Kip Selbach	.384 (.38423)	Cincinnati Reds	22
Bill Lange	.382 (.38242)	Chicago Orphans	23
Ducky Holmes	.381 (.38056)	Baltimore Orioles	24
Jimmy Sheckard	.380 (.38033)	Baltimore Orioles	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. 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.