On Base Percentage : 1910 National League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1910 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Sherry Magee .445 (.44480) Philadelphia Phillies 1
Fred Snodgrass .440 (.43958) New York Giants 2
Johnny Evers .413 (.41252) Chicago Cubs 3
Solly Hofman .406 (.40590) Chicago Cubs 4
Miller Huggins .399 (.39910) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Ed Konetchy .397 (.39701) St. Louis Cardinals 6
Honus Wagner .390 (.39032) Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Dode Paskert .389 (.38860) Cincinnati Reds 8
Johnny Bates .385 (.38544) Philadelphia Phillies 9
Steve Evans .376 (.37561) St. Louis Cardinals 10
Mike Mowrey .375 (.37544) St. Louis Cardinals 11
Al Bridwell .374 (.37434) New York Giants 12
Josh DeVore .371 (.37085) New York Giants 13
Larry Doyle .369 (.36866) New York Giants 14
Jimmy Sheckard .366 (.36639) Chicago Cubs 15
Bobby Byrne .366 (.36622) Pittsburgh Pirates 16
John Titus .358 (.35759) Philadelphia Phillies 17
Mike Mitchell .356 (.35604) Cincinnati Reds 18
Art Devlin .353 (.35284) New York Giants 19
Fred Merkle .353 (.35262) New York Giants 20
Fred Clarke .350 (.34979) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Wildfire Schulte .349 (.34942) Chicago Cubs 22
Bill Sweeney .349 (.34875) Boston Doves 23
Red Murray .345 (.34534) New York Giants 24
Bob Bescher .344 (.34421) Cincinnati Reds 25



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.

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.