On Base Percentage : 1949 National League Top 25

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"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1949 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Stan Musial .438 (.43828) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Jackie Robinson .432 (.43231) Brooklyn Dodgers 2
Ralph Kiner .432 (.43178) Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Enos Slaughter .418 (.41821) St. Louis Cardinals 4
Eddie Stanky .417 (.41707) Boston Braves 5
Sid Gordon .404 (.40375) New York Giants 6
Willard Marshall .401 (.40138) New York Giants 7
Pee Wee Reese .396 (.39620) Brooklyn Dodgers 8
Elbie Fletcher .396 (.39604) Boston Braves 9
Bob Elliott .395 (.39547) Boston Braves 10
Roy Campanella .385 (.38538) Brooklyn Dodgers 11
Andy Pafko .369 (.36887) Chicago Cubs 12
Carl Furillo .368 (.36842) Brooklyn Dodgers 13
Whitey Lockman .368 (.36804) New York Giants 14
Del Ennis .367 (.36701) Philadelphia Phillies 15
Duke Snider .361 (.36111) Brooklyn Dodgers 16
Harry Walker .361 (.36100) Chicago Cubs 17
Cincinnati Reds  
Gil Hodges .360 (.36036) Brooklyn Dodgers 18
Bobby Thomson .355 (.35517) New York Giants 19
Red Schoendienst .351 (.35065) St. Louis Cardinals 20
Hank Sauer .349 (.34921) Cincinnati Reds 21
Chicago Cubs  
Peanuts Lowrey .347 (.34690) Chicago Cubs 22
Cincinnati Reds  
Wally Westlake .345 (.34549) Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Richie Ashburn .343 (.34258) Philadelphia Phillies 24
Grady Hatton .342 (.34219) Cincinnati Reds 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.

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