On Base Percentage : 1923 National League Top 25

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1923 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rogers Hornsby .459 (.45851) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Jim Bottomley .425 (.42483) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Ross Youngs .412 (.41246) New York Giants 3
Jack Fournier .411 (.41093) Brooklyn Robins 4
Bob O'Farrell .408 (.40769) Chicago Cubs 5
Edd Roush .406 (.40625) Cincinnati Reds 6
Frankie Frisch .395 (.39508) New York Giants 7
Dave Bancroft .391 (.39053) New York Giants 8
Charlie Grimm .389 (.38907) Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Max Carey .388 (.38841) Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Billy Southworth .383 (.38279) Boston Braves 11
Heinie Groh .379 (.37853) New York Giants 12
Jimmy Johnston .378 (.37758) Brooklyn Robins 13
Pie Traynor .377 (.37710) Pittsburgh Pirates 14
George Burns .376 (.37622) Cincinnati Reds 15
Jigger Statz .375 (.37535) Chicago Cubs 16
Bernie Friberg .372 (.37205) Chicago Cubs 17
Cy Williams .371 (.37105) Philadelphia Phillies 18
Pat Duncan .363 (.36288) Cincinnati Reds 19
George Kelly .362 (.36184) New York Giants 20
Tommy Griffith .361 (.36090) Brooklyn Robins 21
George Grantham .360 (.36037) Chicago Cubs 22
Tony Boeckel .357 (.35749) Boston Braves 23
Carson Bigbee .355 (.35543) Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Jake Daubert .349 (.34926) Cincinnati Reds 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.

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.