Top 25 On Base Percentage in 2000 in the National League

On Base Percentage : 2000 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

2000 On Base Percentage Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name On Base Percentage Team Rank

Todd Helton .463 (.46341) Colorado Rockies 1

Barry Bonds .440 (.43987) San Francisco Giants 2

Gary Sheffield .438 (.43791) Los Angeles Dodgers 3

Brian Giles .432 (.43169) Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Edgardo Alfonzo .425 (.42462) New York Mets 5

Jeff Kent .424 (.42446) San Francisco Giants 6

Jeff Bagwell .424 (.42420) Houston Astros 7

Luis Castillo .418 (.41815) Florida Marlins 8

Bobby Abreu .416 (.41618) Philadelphia Phillies 9

Moises Alou .416 (.41586) Houston Astros 10

Jason Kendall .412 (.41211) Pittsburgh Pirates 11

Jim Edmonds .411 (.41121) St. Louis Cardinals 12

Vladimir Guerrero .410 (.41030) Montreal Expos 13

Sammy Sosa .406 (.40567) Chicago Cubs 14

Chipper Jones .404 (.40379) Atlanta Braves 15

Mike Piazza .398 (.39817) New York Mets 16

Jeffrey Hammonds .395 (.39489) Colorado Rockies 17

Mark Grace .394 (.39418) Chicago Cubs 18

Rafael Furcal .394 (.39400) Atlanta Braves 19

Ryan Klesko .393 (.39322) San Diego Padres 20

Jeff Cirillo .392 (.39239) Colorado Rockies 21

Luis Gonzalez .392 (.39167) Arizona Diamondbacks 22

Richard Hidalgo .391 (.39130) Houston Astros 23

Ken Griffey, Jr. .387 (.38669) Cincinnati Reds 24

Sean Casey .385 (.38532) Cincinnati Reds 25

Name On Base Percentage Team Rank

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.

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?

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