On Base Percentage : 1927 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)
 

1927 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rogers Hornsby .448 (.44833) New York Giants 1
Paul Waner .437 (.43732) Pittsburgh Pirates 2
George Harper .435 (.43531) New York Giants 3
Riggs Stephenson .415 (.41538) Chicago Cubs 4
Joe Harris .402 (.40173) Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Hack Wilson .401 (.40127) Chicago Cubs 6
George Grantham .396 (.39607) Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Lloyd Waner .396 (.39583) Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Jim Bottomley .387 (.38744) St. Louis Cardinals 9
Frankie Frisch .387 (.38681) St. Louis Cardinals 10
Bill Terry .377 (.37739) New York Giants 11
Chuck Dressen .376 (.37621) Cincinnati Reds 12
Pie Traynor .370 (.36957) Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Heinie Sand .369 (.36869) Philadelphia Phillies 14
Charlie Grimm .367 (.36717) Chicago Cubs 15
Russ Wrightstone .365 (.36535) Philadelphia Phillies 16
Cy Williams .365 (.36477) Philadelphia Phillies 17
Travis Jackson .363 (.36255) New York Giants 18
Gabby Hartnett .361 (.36089) Chicago Cubs 19
Freddie Lindstrom .354 (.35430) New York Giants 20
Dick Spalding .352 (.35208) Philadelphia Phillies 21
Curt Walker .350 (.35017) Cincinnati Reds 22
Harvey Hendrick .350 (.34979) Brooklyn Robins 23
Doc Farrell .348 (.34848) New York Giants 24
Boston Braves  
Max Carey .345 (.34494) Brooklyn Robins 25



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