On Base Percentage : 1975 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:

"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
 

1975 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Joe Morgan .466 (.46635) Cincinnati Reds 1
Pete Rose .406 (.40629) Cincinnati Reds 2
Jimmy Wynn .403 (.40341) Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Bill Madlock .402 (.40248) Chicago Cubs 4
Jose Cardenal .397 (.39728) Chicago Cubs 5
Bobby Murcer .396 (.39620) San Francisco Giants 6
Ted Simmons .396 (.39599) St. Louis Cardinals 7
Greg Luzinski .394 (.39372) Philadelphia Phillies 8
Ken Griffey .391 (.39139) Cincinnati Reds 9
Manny Sanguillen .391 (.39065) Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Reggie Smith .382 (.38182) St. Louis Cardinals 11
Mike Jorgensen .378 (.37828) Montreal Expos 12
Bob Watson .375 (.37523) Houston Astros 13
Willie Stargell .375 (.37452) Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Richie Zisk .374 (.37370) Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Greg Gross .373 (.37341) Houston Astros 16
Rick Monday .373 (.37326) Chicago Cubs 17
Ron Cey .372 (.37178) Los Angeles Dodgers 18
Cesar Cedeno .371 (.37108) Houston Astros 19
Rusty Staub .371 (.37070) New York Mets 20
Mike Schmidt .367 (.36677) Philadelphia Phillies 21
Chris Speier .362 (.36185) San Francisco Giants 22
Darrell Evans .361 (.36082) Atlanta Braves 23
Gary Carter .360 (.36034) Montreal Expos 24
Johnny Bench .359 (.35868) Cincinnati Reds 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?

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.

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.