On Base Percentage : 1955 National League Top 25

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"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1955 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Richie Ashburn .449 (.44860) Philadelphia Phillies 1
Duke Snider .418 (.41757) Brooklyn Dodgers 2
Eddie Mathews .413 (.41301) Milwaukee Braves 3
Stan Musial .408 (.40826) St. Louis Cardinals 4
Willie Mays .400 (.40000) New York Giants 5
Roy Campanella .395 (.39458) Brooklyn Dodgers 6
Ted Kluszewski .382 (.38192) Cincinnati Redlegs 7
Gil Hodges .377 (.37715) Brooklyn Dodgers 8
Wally Post .372 (.37237) Cincinnati Redlegs 9
Pee Wee Reese .371 (.37089) Brooklyn Dodgers 10
Carl Furillo .371 (.37088) Brooklyn Dodgers 11
Smoky Burgess .369 (.36874) Philadelphia Phillies 12
Cincinnati Redlegs  
Hank Thompson .367 (.36742) New York Giants 13
Hank Aaron .366 (.36626) Milwaukee Braves 14
Johnny Temple .365 (.36499) Cincinnati Redlegs 15
Roy McMillan .364 (.36447) Cincinnati Redlegs 16
Dale Long .362 (.36229) Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Gus Bell .361 (.36119) Cincinnati Redlegs 18
Johnny Logan .360 (.35994) Milwaukee Braves 19
Willie Jones .352 (.35207) Philadelphia Phillies 20
Wally Moon .349 (.34938) St. Louis Cardinals 21
Del Ennis .346 (.34622) Philadelphia Phillies 22
Ernie Banks .345 (.34520) Chicago Cubs 23
Jim Gilliam .341 (.34091) Brooklyn Dodgers 24
Randy Jackson .340 (.33986) Chicago Cubs 25



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.

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.

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.