1944 On Base Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank
Stan Musial	.440 (.44042)	St. Louis Cardinals	1
Dixie Walker	.434 (.43421)	Brooklyn Dodgers	2
Augie Galan	.426 (.42615)	Brooklyn Dodgers	3
Mel Ott	.423 (.42276)	New York Giants	4
Johnny Hopp	.404 (.40375)	St. Louis Cardinals	5
Jim Russell	.399 (.39910)	Pittsburgh Pirates	6
Bill Nicholson	.391 (.39060)	Chicago Cubs	7
Phil Cavarretta	.390 (.39035)	Chicago Cubs	8
Joe Medwick	.386 (.38563)	New York Giants	9
Bob Elliott	.383 (.38336)	Pittsburgh Pirates	10
Eric Tipton	.380 (.37963)	Cincinnati Reds	11
Tommy Holmes	.372 (.37176)	Boston Braves	12
Ray Sanders	.371 (.37092)	St. Louis Cardinals	13
Frank McCormick	.371 (.37072)	Cincinnati Reds	14
Buster Adams	.370 (.36992)	Philadelphia Phillies	15
Ron Northey	.367 (.36661)	Philadelphia Phillies	16
Johnny Barrett	.366 (.36641)	Pittsburgh Pirates	17
Ray Mueller	.353 (.35294)	Cincinnati Reds	18
Babe Dahlgren	.347 (.34663)	Pittsburgh Pirates	19
Tony Lupien	.347 (.34656)	Philadelphia Phillies	20
Jimmy Wasdell	.344 (.34406)	Philadelphia Phillies	21
Whitey Kurowski	.341 (.34146)	St. Louis Cardinals	22
Roy Hughes	.337 (.33658)	Chicago Cubs	23
Butch Nieman	.332 (.33204)	Boston Braves	24
Frenchy Bordagaray	.331 (.33086)	Brooklyn Dodgers	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. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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?