On Base Percentage : 1962 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1962 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Frank Robinson .421 (.42083) Cincinnati Reds 1
Stan Musial .416 (.41584) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Bob Skinner .395 (.39460) Pittsburgh Pirates 3
George Altman .393 (.39303) Chicago Cubs 4
Hank Aaron .390 (.38981) Milwaukee Braves 5
Al Spangler .389 (.38945) Houston Colt .45s 6
Bill White .386 (.38620) St. Louis Cardinals 7
Willie Mays .384 (.38385) San Francisco Giants 8
Eddie Mathews .381 (.38103) Milwaukee Braves 9
Ron Fairly .379 (.37868) Los Angeles Dodgers 10
Tommy Davis .374 (.37429) Los Angeles Dodgers 11
Jim Gilliam .370 (.36972) Los Angeles Dodgers 12
Billy Williams .369 (.36910) Chicago Cubs 13
Ken Boyer .369 (.36865) St. Louis Cardinals 14
Harvey Kuenn .365 (.36531) San Francisco Giants 15
Don Blasingame .364 (.36364) Cincinnati Reds 16
Johnny Callison .363 (.36295) Philadelphia Phillies 17
Don Demeter .359 (.35948) Philadelphia Phillies 18
Norm Larker .358 (.35836) Houston Colt .45s 19
Jim Davenport .357 (.35701) San Francisco Giants 20
Felipe Alou .356 (.35596) San Francisco Giants 21
Roberto Clemente .352 (.35172) Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Maury Wills .347 (.34707) Los Angeles Dodgers 23
Orlando Cepeda .347 (.34667) San Francisco Giants 24
Frank Howard .346 (.34637) Los Angeles Dodgers 25



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?

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.

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).