On Base Percentage : 1984 National League Top 25

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"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
 

1984 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Gary Matthews .410 (.41021) Chicago Cubs 1
Tony Gwynn .410 (.40957) San Diego Padres 2
Keith Hernandez .409 (.40944) New York Mets 3
Tim Raines .393 (.39301) Montreal Expos 4
Mike Schmidt .383 (.38291) Philadelphia Phillies 5
Jose Cruz .381 (.38067) Houston Astros 6
Terry Puhl .380 (.38012) Houston Astros 7
Dale Murphy .372 (.37192) Atlanta Braves 8
Leon Durham .369 (.36861) Chicago Cubs 9
Chili Davis .368 (.36765) San Francisco Giants 10
Ryne Sandberg .367 (.36691) Chicago Cubs 11
Gary Carter .366 (.36622) Montreal Expos 12
Lee Lacy .362 (.36220) Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Wally Backman .360 (.36032) New York Mets 14
Von Hayes .359 (.35852) Philadelphia Phillies 15
Pedro Guerrero .358 (.35750) Los Angeles Dodgers 16
Jason Thompson .357 (.35692) Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Jeffrey Leonard .357 (.35689) San Francisco Giants 18
Bob Dernier .356 (.35607) Chicago Cubs 19
Jerry Mumphrey .355 (.35495) Houston Astros 20
Johnny Ray .354 (.35441) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Bob Brenly .352 (.35169) San Francisco Giants 22
Lonnie Smith .349 (.34923) St. Louis Cardinals 23
Darryl Strawberry .343 (.34276) New York Mets 24
Alan Wiggins .342 (.34218) San Diego Padres 25



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).

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.

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.