On Base Percentage : 2006 National League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

2006 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Albert Pujols .431 (.43060) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Miguel Cabrera .430 (.43047) Florida Marlins 2
Nick Johnson .428 (.42812) Washington Nationals 3
Ryan Howard .425 (.42472) Philadelphia Phillies 4
Lance Berkman .420 (.41950) Houston Astros 5
Garrett Atkins .409 (.40863) Colorado Rockies 6
Todd Helton .404 (.40370) Colorado Rockies 7
Jason Bay .396 (.39623) Pittsburgh Pirates 8
J.D. Drew .393 (.39292) Los Angeles Dodgers 9
Scott Hatteberg .389 (.38920) Cincinnati Reds 10
Pat Burrell .388 (.38801) Philadelphia Phillies 11
Carlos Beltran .388 (.38799) New York Mets 12
Matt Holliday .387 (.38681) Colorado Rockies 13
Brad Hawpe .383 (.38261) Colorado Rockies 14
David Wright .381 (.38124) New York Mets 15
Chase Utley .379 (.37889) Philadelphia Phillies 16
Freddy Sanchez .378 (.37838) Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Jamey Carroll .377 (.37714) Colorado Rockies 18
Brian Giles .374 (.37378) San Diego Padres 19
Rafael Furcal .369 (.36936) Los Angeles Dodgers 20
Scott Rolen .369 (.36869) St. Louis Cardinals 21
Conor Jackson .368 (.36757) Arizona Diamondbacks 22
Nomar Garciaparra .367 (.36711) Los Angeles Dodgers 23
Adam Dunn .365 (.36510) Cincinnati Reds 24
Matt Murton .365 (.36489) Chicago Cubs 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.

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.