On Base Percentage : 1998 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 key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1998 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mark McGwire .470 (.46990) St. Louis Cardinals 1
John Olerud .447 (.44729) New York Mets 2
Larry Walker .445 (.44466) Colorado Rockies 3
Barry Bonds .438 (.43822) San Francisco Giants 4
Gary Sheffield .428 (.42805) Florida Marlins 5
Los Angeles Dodgers  
Jeff Bagwell .424 (.42360) Houston Astros 6
Jason Kendall .411 (.41120) Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Bobby Abreu .409 (.40855) Philadelphia Phillies 8
Chipper Jones .404 (.40368) Atlanta Braves 9
Craig Biggio .403 (.40299) Houston Astros 10
Jeff Cirillo .402 (.40203) Milwaukee Brewers 11
Mark Grace .401 (.40115) Chicago Cubs 12
Moises Alou .399 (.39912) Houston Astros 13
Darryl Hamilton .398 (.39753) San Francisco Giants 14
Colorado Rockies  
Barry Larkin .397 (.39711) Cincinnati Reds 15
Andres Galarraga .397 (.39660) Atlanta Braves 16
Ray Lankford .391 (.39137) St. Louis Cardinals 17
Scott Rolen .391 (.39100) Philadelphia Phillies 18
Mike Piazza .390 (.38978) Los Angeles Dodgers 19
Florida Marlins  
New York Mets  
Fernando Vina .386 (.38633) Milwaukee Brewers 20
Bill Mueller .383 (.38288) San Francisco Giants 21
Todd Helton .380 (.38047) Colorado Rockies 22
Mickey Morandini .380 (.38045) Chicago Cubs 23
Sammy Sosa .377 (.37673) Chicago Cubs 24
Quilvio Veras .373 (.37316) San Diego Padres 25



The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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?

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.