On Base Percentage : 1908 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1908 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Honus Wagner .415 (.41467) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Johnny Evers .402 (.40246) Chicago Cubs 2
Roger Bresnahan .401 (.40149) New York Giants 3
John Titus .365 (.36469) Philadelphia Phillies 4
Mike Donlin .364 (.36393) New York Giants 5
Al Bridwell .364 (.36381) New York Giants 6
Claude Ritchey .361 (.36117) Boston Doves 7
Sherry Magee .359 (.35915) Philadelphia Phillies 8
Fred Clarke .349 (.34887) Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Hans Lobert .348 (.34790) Cincinnati Reds 10
Art Devlin .346 (.34590) New York Giants 11
Fred Tenney .344 (.34441) New York Giants 12
Roy Thomas .341 (.34120) Philadelphia Phillies 13
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Frank Chance .338 (.33803) Chicago Cubs 14
Ed Abbaticchio .336 (.33628) Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Jimmy Sheckard .336 (.33619) Chicago Cubs 16
Kitty Bransfield .335 (.33514) Philadelphia Phillies 17
Red Murray .332 (.33229) St. Louis Cardinals 18
Tim Jordan .328 (.32756) Brooklyn Superbas 19
Ginger Beaumont .328 (.32755) Boston Doves 20
Tommy Leach .324 (.32394) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Dan McGann .321 (.32143) Boston Doves 22
Miller Huggins .321 (.32079) Cincinnati Reds 23
Bill Sweeney .317 (.31749) Boston Doves 24
Johnny Bates .315 (.31535) Boston Doves 25



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.

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.