On Base Percentage : 1922 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)
 

1922 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rogers Hornsby .459 (.45864) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Ray Grimes .442 (.44237) Chicago Cubs 2
Bob O'Farrell .439 (.43856) Chicago Cubs 3
Max Carey .408 (.40813) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Carson Bigbee .405 (.40537) Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Charlie Hollocher .403 (.40305) Chicago Cubs 6
Curt Walker .399 (.39938) Philadelphia Phillies 7
Ross Youngs .398 (.39775) New York Giants 8
George Harper .397 (.39703) Cincinnati Reds 9
Dave Bancroft .397 (.39700) New York Giants 10
Jake Daubert .395 (.39462) Cincinnati Reds 11
Cy Williams .392 (.39157) Philadelphia Phillies 12
Hack Miller .389 (.38866) Chicago Cubs 13
Zack Wheat .388 (.38804) Brooklyn Robins 14
Frankie Frisch .387 (.38652) New York Giants 15
Butch Henline .380 (.37975) Philadelphia Phillies 16
Cotton Tierney .378 (.37849) Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Jack Smith .375 (.37478) St. Louis Cardinals 18
Pat Duncan .370 (.37037) Cincinnati Reds 19
Ray Powell .369 (.36868) Boston Braves 20
Irish Meusel .369 (.36850) New York Giants 21
Babe Pinelli .368 (.36772) Cincinnati Reds 22
George Burns .366 (.36568) Cincinnati Reds 23
Jimmy Johnston .364 (.36409) Brooklyn Robins 24
George Kelly .363 (.36320) New York Giants 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.

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.

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.