1901 On Base Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank
Jesse Burkett	.440 (.44030)	St. Louis Cardinals	1
Roy Thomas	.437 (.43707)	Philadelphia Phillies	2
Ed Delahanty	.427 (.42717)	Philadelphia Phillies	3
Honus Wagner	.416 (.41612)	Pittsburgh Pirates	4
Topsy Hartsel	.414 (.41390)	Chicago Orphans	5
Jimmy Sheckard	.409 (.40924)	Brooklyn Superbas	6
Billy Hamilton	.404 (.40385)	Boston Beaneaters	7
Elmer Flick	.399 (.39900)	Philadelphia Phillies	8
George Van Haltren	.396 (.39632)	New York Giants	9
Fred Clarke	.395 (.39456)	Pittsburgh Pirates	10
Lefty Davis	.389 (.38866)	Brooklyn Superbas	11
		Pittsburgh Pirates
Ginger Beaumont	.382 (.38245)	Pittsburgh Pirates	12
Sam Crawford	.378 (.37838)	Cincinnati Reds	13
Tom Daly	.371 (.37102)	Brooklyn Superbas	14
Willie Keeler	.369 (.36918)	Brooklyn Superbas	15
Emmet Heidrick	.366 (.36641)	St. Louis Cardinals	16
Sammy Strang	.364 (.36445)	New York Giants	17
Danny Green	.364 (.36379)	Chicago Orphans	18
Joe Kelley	.363 (.36262)	Brooklyn Superbas	19
Claude Ritchey	.358 (.35811)	Pittsburgh Pirates	20
George Davis	.356 (.35647)	New York Giants	21
Harry Wolverton	.356 (.35627)	Philadelphia Phillies	22
Otto Krueger	.353 (.35334)	St. Louis Cardinals	23
Bobby Wallace	.351 (.35079)	St. Louis Cardinals	24
Kip Selbach	.350 (.34973)	New York Giants	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.