On Base Percentage : 1972 National League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1972 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Joe Morgan .417 (.41654) Cincinnati Reds 1
Billy Williams .398 (.39846) Chicago Cubs 2
Ron Santo .391 (.39083) Chicago Cubs 3
Hank Aaron .390 (.38971) Atlanta Braves 4
Jimmy Wynn .389 (.38923) Houston Astros 5
Cesar Cedeno .385 (.38462) Houston Astros 6
Darrell Evans .384 (.38388) Atlanta Braves 7
Dusty Baker .383 (.38323) Atlanta Braves 8
Pete Rose .382 (.38239) Cincinnati Reds 9
Johnny Bench .379 (.37883) Cincinnati Reds 10
Richie Hebner .378 (.37805) Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Bob Watson .378 (.37785) Houston Astros 12
Willie Stargell .373 (.37258) Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Wes Parker .367 (.36694) Los Angeles Dodgers 14
Ron Hunt .363 (.36346) Montreal Expos 15
Ken Singleton .363 (.36317) Montreal Expos 16
Rick Monday .362 (.36170) Chicago Cubs 17
Chris Speier .361 (.36086) San Francisco Giants 18
Ralph Garr .359 (.35884) Atlanta Braves 19
Lou Brock .359 (.35863) St. Louis Cardinals 20
Joe Torre .357 (.35726) St. Louis Cardinals 21
Jose Cardenal .356 (.35642) Chicago Cubs 22
Al Oliver .352 (.35188) Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Don Kessinger .351 (.35085) Chicago Cubs 24
Tony Perez .349 (.34896) Cincinnati Reds 25



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?

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).