On Base Percentage : 1909 National League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1909 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Honus Wagner .420 (.42021) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Al Bridwell .386 (.38574) New York Giants 2
Fred Clarke .384 (.38365) Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Mike Mitchell .378 (.37759) Cincinnati Reds 4
Moose McCormick .373 (.37259) New York Giants 5
Johnny Evers .369 (.36852) Chicago Cubs 6
John Titus .367 (.36656) Philadelphia Phillies 7
Ed Konetchy .366 (.36574) St. Louis Cardinals 8
Dick Hoblitzel .364 (.36412) Cincinnati Reds 9
Art Devlin .362 (.36219) New York Giants 10
Steve Evans .362 (.36159) St. Louis Cardinals 11
Larry Doyle .360 (.36013) New York Giants 12
Johnny Bates .360 (.35971) Boston Doves 13
Philadelphia Phillies  
Solly Hofman .351 (.35112) Chicago Cubs 14
Jimmy Sheckard .346 (.34615) Chicago Cubs 15
Rebel Oakes .341 (.34130) Cincinnati Reds 16
Sherry Magee .339 (.33854) Philadelphia Phillies 17
Tommy Leach .337 (.33740) Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Ed Lennox .337 (.33678) Brooklyn Superbas 19
Bob Bescher .335 (.33529) Cincinnati Reds 20
Rube Ellis .334 (.33386) St. Louis Cardinals 21
Harry Steinfeldt .331 (.33051) Chicago Cubs 22
Dick Egan .329 (.32948) Cincinnati Reds 23
Al Burch .329 (.32925) Brooklyn Superbas 24
Dots Miller .329 (.32890) Pittsburgh Pirates 25



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.

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).