On Base Percentage : 1996 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1996 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Gary Sheffield .465 (.46529) Florida Marlins 1
Barry Bonds .461 (.46074) San Francisco Giants 2
Jeff Bagwell .451 (.45063) Houston Astros 3
Mike Piazza .422 (.42155) Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Rickey Henderson .410 (.41030) San Diego Padres 5
Barry Larkin .410 (.40989) Cincinnati Reds 6
Ellis Burks .408 (.40762) Colorado Rockies 7
Ken Caminiti .408 (.40752) San Diego Padres 8
Tony Gwynn .400 (.40040) San Diego Padres 9
Mark Grace .396 (.39610) Chicago Cubs 10
Eric Davis .394 (.39394) Cincinnati Reds 11
Bernard Gilkey .393 (.39329) New York Mets 12
Eric Young .393 (.39314) Colorado Rockies 13
Chipper Jones .393 (.39306) Atlanta Braves 14
Craig Biggio .386 (.38601) Houston Astros 15
Walt Weiss .381 (.38095) Colorado Rockies 16
Wally Joyner .377 (.37721) San Diego Padres 17
Hal Morris .374 (.37351) Cincinnati Reds 18
Ray Lankford .366 (.36593) St. Louis Cardinals 19
Fred McGriff .365 (.36469) Atlanta Braves 20
Ryan Klesko .364 (.36379) Atlanta Braves 21
Lance Johnson .362 (.36200) New York Mets 22
Brian McRae .360 (.35994) Chicago Cubs 23
Jeff Conine .360 (.35970) Florida Marlins 24
Dante Bichette .359 (.35879) Colorado Rockies 25



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.

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.

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.