On Base Percentage : 1882 American Association Top 25

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1882 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association
Pete Browning .430 (.42994) Louisville Eclipse 1
Ed Swartwood .370 (.36994) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 2
Hick Carpenter .360 (.36011) Cincinnati Red Stockings 3
Jack O'Brien .339 (.33858) Philadelphia Athletics 4
Joe Sommer .333 (.33333) Cincinnati Red Stockings 5
Tom Brown .326 (.32620) Baltimore Orioles 6
Jimmy Wolf .318 (.31804) Louisville Eclipse 7
Pop Snyder .311 (.31132) Cincinnati Red Stockings 8
Jack Gleason .310 (.31006) St. Louis Brown Stockings 9
Juice Latham .306 (.30631) Philadelphia Athletics 10
Chick Fulmer .302 (.30240) Cincinnati Red Stockings 11
Bill Gleason .300 (.30028) St. Louis Brown Stockings 12
Jack Leary .300 (.30000) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 13
Baltimore Orioles  
John Reccius .298 (.29758) Louisville Eclipse 14
Billy Taylor .297 (.29739) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 15
John Peters .297 (.29674) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 16
Dan Sullivan .295 (.29492) Louisville Eclipse 17
Mike Mansell .291 (.29096) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 18
Tony Mullane .288 (.28797) Louisville Eclipse 19
Guy Hecker .287 (.28696) Louisville Eclipse 20
Bill Schenck .285 (.28452) Louisville Eclipse 21
Will White .283 (.28302) Cincinnati Red Stockings 22
Jud Birchall .280 (.28035) Philadelphia Athletics 23
Ecky Stearns .277 (.27727) Cincinnati Red Stockings 24
Ed Whiting .276 (.27619) Baltimore Orioles 25



Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

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

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.
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