1940 On Base Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank
Elbie Fletcher	.419 (.41850)	Pittsburgh Pirates	1
Mel Ott	.407 (.40654)	New York Giants	2
Johnny Mize	.404 (.40390)	St. Louis Cardinals	3
Dolph Camilli	.397 (.39669)	Brooklyn Dodgers	4
Stan Hack	.395 (.39501)	Chicago Cubs	5
Arky Vaughan	.393 (.39270)	Pittsburgh Pirates	6
Jim Gleeson	.389 (.38899)	Chicago Cubs	7
Joe Orengo	.383 (.38333)	St. Louis Cardinals	8
Pinky May	.371 (.37123)	Philadelphia Phillies	9
Hank Leiber	.371 (.37090)	Chicago Cubs	10
Enos Slaughter	.370 (.36972)	St. Louis Cardinals	11
Frank McCormick	.367 (.36741)	Cincinnati Reds	12
Babe Young	.367 (.36683)	New York Giants	13
Bill Nicholson	.366 (.36581)	Chicago Cubs	14
Frank Demaree	.364 (.36436)	New York Giants	15
Cookie Lavagetto	.361 (.36084)	Brooklyn Dodgers	16
Lonny Frey	.361 (.36068)	Cincinnati Reds	17
Bill Werber	.361 (.36061)	Cincinnati Reds	18
Dixie Walker	.357 (.35726)	Brooklyn Dodgers	19
Johnny Rizzo	.357 (.35702)	Pittsburgh Pirates	20
		Cincinnati Reds
		Philadelphia Phillies
Terry Moore	.356 (.35628)	St. Louis Cardinals	21
Chet Ross	.352 (.35182)	Boston Bees	22
Harry Danning	.349 (.34929)	New York Giants	23
Bob Elliott	.348 (.34783)	Pittsburgh Pirates	24
Billy Herman	.347 (.34711)	Chicago Cubs	25
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank

	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. 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). 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.