On Base Percentage : 1906 National League Top 25

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"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1906 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Frank Chance .419 (.41906) Chicago Cubs 1
Roger Bresnahan .418 (.41800) New York Giants 2
Honus Wagner .416 (.41610) Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Art Devlin .396 (.39619) New York Giants 4
Harry Steinfeldt .395 (.39500) Chicago Cubs 5
Roy Thomas .393 (.39274) Philadelphia Phillies 6
Harry Lumley .386 (.38649) Brooklyn Superbas 7
John Titus .378 (.37828) Philadelphia Phillies 8
Miller Huggins .376 (.37641) Cincinnati Reds 9
Fred Clarke .371 (.37118) Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Claude Ritchey .369 (.36898) Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Fred Tenney .358 (.35750) Boston Beaneaters 12
Bill Dahlen .357 (.35727) New York Giants 13
Tim Jordan .352 (.35156) Brooklyn Superbas 14
Jimmy Sheckard .349 (.34887) Chicago Cubs 15
Sherry Magee .348 (.34839) Philadelphia Phillies 16
Dan McGann .344 (.34351) New York Giants 17
Spike Shannon .339 (.33937) St. Louis Cardinals 18
New York Giants  
Cy Seymour .339 (.33923) Cincinnati Reds 19
New York Giants  
Pug Bennett .334 (.33384) St. Louis Cardinals 20
Tommy Leach .333 (.33333) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Shad Barry .329 (.32918) Cincinnati Reds 22
St. Louis Cardinals  
Jim Nealon .327 (.32683) Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Jimmy Slagle .324 (.32442) Chicago Cubs 24
Wildfire Schulte .324 (.32387) Chicago Cubs 25



The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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).

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.