On Base Percentage : 1977 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
 

1977 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Reggie Smith .427 (.42691) Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Joe Morgan .417 (.41705) Cincinnati Reds 2
Gene Tenace .415 (.41451) San Diego Padres 3
Ted Simmons .408 (.40765) St. Louis Cardinals 4
Dave Parker .397 (.39660) Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Greg Luzinski .394 (.39380) Philadelphia Phillies 6
Mike Schmidt .393 (.39339) Philadelphia Phillies 7
Steve Ontiveros .390 (.38959) Chicago Cubs 8
Ken Griffey .389 (.38872) Cincinnati Reds 9
Len Randle .383 (.38316) New York Mets 10
George Foster .382 (.38171) Cincinnati Reds 11
George Hendrick .381 (.38119) San Diego Padres 12
Joe Ferguson .379 (.37917) Houston Astros 13
Keith Hernandez .379 (.37850) St. Louis Cardinals 14
Pete Rose .377 (.37671) Cincinnati Reds 15
Dan Driessen .375 (.37500) Cincinnati Reds 16
Davey Lopes .372 (.37221) Los Angeles Dodgers 17
John Stearns .370 (.36994) New York Mets 18
Jose Cruz .368 (.36778) Houston Astros 19
Willie McCovey .367 (.36679) San Francisco Giants 20
Dusty Baker .364 (.36379) Los Angeles Dodgers 21
Gene Richards .363 (.36333) San Diego Padres 22
Jeff Burroughs .362 (.36215) Atlanta Braves 23
Gary Matthews .362 (.36160) Atlanta Braves 24
Bob Watson .360 (.36013) Houston Astros 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.

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).

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.