1978 On Base Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank
Jeff Burroughs	.432 (.43208)	Atlanta Braves	1
Dave Parker	.394 (.39408)	Pittsburgh Pirates	2
Gene Tenace	.392 (.39223)	San Diego Padres	3
Greg Luzinski	.388 (.38779)	Philadelphia Phillies	4
Reggie Smith	.382 (.38230)	Los Angeles Dodgers	5
Gene Richards	.381 (.38118)	San Diego Padres	6
Ron Cey	.380 (.38045)	Los Angeles Dodgers	7
Bill Madlock	.378 (.37800)	San Francisco Giants	8
Ted Simmons	.377 (.37748)	St. Louis Cardinals	9
Bobby Murcer	.376 (.37607)	Chicago Cubs	10
Jose Cruz	.376 (.37600)	Houston Astros	11
Richie Hebner	.369 (.36926)	Philadelphia Phillies	12
Dave Winfield	.367 (.36672)	San Diego Padres	13
Gary Matthews	.366 (.36599)	Atlanta Braves	14
Mike Schmidt	.364 (.36364)	Philadelphia Phillies	15
John Stearns	.364 (.36364)	New York Mets
Pete Rose	.362 (.36176)	Cincinnati Reds	17
George Foster	.360 (.35953)	Cincinnati Reds	18
Darrell Evans	.360 (.35952)	San Francisco Giants	19
Jack Clark	.358 (.35780)	San Francisco Giants	20
Dave Concepcion	.357 (.35749)	Cincinnati Reds	21
Bob Watson	.357 (.35674)	Houston Astros	22
Ivan DeJesus	.356 (.35581)	Chicago Cubs	23
Davey Lopes	.355 (.35508)	Los Angeles Dodgers	24
Lee Mazzilli	.353 (.35332)	New York Mets	25
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank

	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). 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?