On Base Percentage : 1983 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1983 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mike Schmidt .399 (.39910) Philadelphia Phillies 1
Keith Hernandez .396 (.39620) St. Louis Cardinals 2
New York Mets  
Dale Murphy .393 (.39301) Atlanta Braves 3
Tim Raines .393 (.39276) Montreal Expos 4
Bill Madlock .386 (.38563) Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Jose Cruz .385 (.38462) Houston Astros 6
Lonnie Smith .381 (.38095) St. Louis Cardinals 7
Darrell Evans .378 (.37807) San Francisco Giants 8
Keith Moreland .378 (.37785) Chicago Cubs 9
Jason Thompson .376 (.37560) Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Pedro Guerrero .373 (.37349) Los Angeles Dodgers 11
George Hendrick .373 (.37268) St. Louis Cardinals 12
Bill Doran .371 (.37138) Houston Astros 13
Ken Oberkfell .371 (.37071) St. Louis Cardinals 14
Joe Morgan .370 (.36978) Philadelphia Phillies 15
Chris Chambliss .366 (.36647) Atlanta Braves 16
Darrell Porter .363 (.36293) St. Louis Cardinals 17
Jack Clark .361 (.36063) San Francisco Giants 18
Alan Wiggins .360 (.36028) San Diego Padres 19
Ray Knight .355 (.35461) Houston Astros 20
Gary Matthews .352 (.35249) Philadelphia Phillies 21
Gary Redus .352 (.35161) Cincinnati Reds 22
Eddie Milner .350 (.34965) Cincinnati Reds 23
Mike Marshall .347 (.34749) Los Angeles Dodgers 24
Al Oliver .347 (.34691) Montreal Expos 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.

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.

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).