On Base Percentage : 1993 National League Top 25

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1993 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Barry Bonds .458 (.45846) San Francisco Giants 1
John Kruk .430 (.43011) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Lenny Dykstra .420 (.42044) Philadelphia Phillies 3
Orlando Merced .414 (.41366) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Gregg Jefferies .409 (.40850) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Andres Galarraga .403 (.40316) Colorado Rockies 6
Jeff Blauser .401 (.40142) Atlanta Braves 7
Tony Gwynn .398 (.39775) San Diego Padres 8
Mark Grace .393 (.39259) Chicago Cubs 9
Darren Daulton .392 (.39246) Philadelphia Phillies 10
Jay Bell .392 (.39244) Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Delino DeShields .389 (.38889) Montreal Expos 12
Jeff Bagwell .388 (.38752) Houston Astros 13
Brett Butler .387 (.38746) Los Angeles Dodgers 14
Rick Wilkins .376 (.37600) Chicago Cubs 15
Fred McGriff .375 (.37500) San Diego Padres 16
Atlanta Braves  
Robby Thompson .375 (.37455) San Francisco Giants 17
Craig Biggio .373 (.37322) Houston Astros 18
Dave Hollins .372 (.37188) Philadelphia Phillies 19
Larry Walker .371 (.37113) Montreal Expos 20
Mike Piazza .370 (.37043) Los Angeles Dodgers 21
Bernard Gilkey .370 (.36977) St. Louis Cardinals 22
Will Clark .367 (.36749) San Francisco Giants 23
Walt Weiss .367 (.36689) Florida Marlins 24
Gary Sheffield .361 (.36086) San Diego Padres 25
Florida Marlins  



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