On Base Percentage : 1904 National League Top 25

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1904 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League
Honus Wagner .423 (.42315) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Roy Thomas .416 (.41625) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Frank Chance .382 (.38171) Chicago Cubs 3
Miller Huggins .377 (.37694) Cincinnati Reds 4
Jake Beckley .375 (.37479) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Art Devlin .371 (.37085) New York Giants 6
John Titus .362 (.36201) Philadelphia Phillies 7
Joe Kelley .359 (.35913) Cincinnati Reds 8
Dan McGann .354 (.35377) New York Giants 9
Cy Seymour .352 (.35169) Cincinnati Reds 10
Fred Tenney .351 (.35058) Boston Beaneaters 11
Spike Shannon .349 (.34901) St. Louis Cardinals 12
Sam Mertes .346 (.34635) New York Giants 13
Charlie Babb .345 (.34530) Brooklyn Superbas 14
Cozy Dolan .342 (.34190) Cincinnati Reds 15
Billy Gilbert .340 (.34011) New York Giants 16
Ginger Beaumont .338 (.33846) Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Claude Ritchey .338 (.33828) Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Jim Delahanty .333 (.33271) Boston Beaneaters 19
Fred Odwell .333 (.33267) Cincinnati Reds 20
George Browne .332 (.33177) New York Giants 21
Harry Lumley .331 (.33119) Brooklyn Superbas 22
Homer Smoot .331 (.33095) St. Louis Cardinals 23
Moose McCormick .328 (.32770) New York Giants 24
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bill Dahlen .326 (.32570) New York Giants 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.

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

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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