On Base Percentage : 1931 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)
 

1931 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Chick Hafey .404 (.40447) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Kiki Cuyler .404 (.40435) Chicago Cubs 2
Paul Waner .404 (.40409) Pittsburgh Pirates 3
George Grantham .400 (.39963) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Chuck Klein .398 (.39755) Philadelphia Phillies 5
Bill Terry .397 (.39697) New York Giants 6
Lefty O'Doul .396 (.39609) Brooklyn Robins 7
Charlie Grimm .393 (.39316) Chicago Cubs 8
Mel Ott .392 (.39206) New York Giants 9
Woody English .391 (.39069) Chicago Cubs 10
Don Hurst .386 (.38628) Philadelphia Phillies 11
Wally Berger .380 (.37982) Boston Braves 12
Harvey Hendrick .379 (.37884) Brooklyn Robins 13
Cincinnati Reds  
Tony Cuccinello .374 (.37361) Cincinnati Reds 14
Frankie Frisch .368 (.36814) St. Louis Cardinals 15
Charlie Gelbert .365 (.36527) St. Louis Cardinals 16
Babe Herman .365 (.36515) Brooklyn Robins 17
Del Bissonette .354 (.35449) Brooklyn Robins 18
Pie Traynor .354 (.35426) Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Travis Jackson .353 (.35304) New York Giants 20
Lloyd Waner .352 (.35229) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Taylor Douthit .352 (.35169) St. Louis Cardinals 22
Cincinnati Reds  
Freddy Leach .348 (.34799) New York Giants 23
Sparky Adams .340 (.34049) St. Louis Cardinals 24
George Watkins .336 (.33581) St. Louis Cardinals 25



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.

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?