On Base Percentage : 1890 American Association Top 25

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1890 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association
Denny Lyons .461 (.46059) Philadelphia Athletics 1
Ed Swartwood .444 (.44365) Toledo Maumees 2
Cupid Childs .434 (.43433) Syracuse Stars 3
Tommy McCarthy .430 (.43040) St. Louis Browns 4
Rasty Wright .428 (.42790) Syracuse Stars 5
Jimmy Wolf .421 (.42140) Louisville Colonels 6
Spud Johnson .409 (.40940) Columbus Colts 7
Jim McTamany .406 (.40550) Columbus Colts 8
Perry Werden .404 (.40407) Toledo Maumees 9
Sandy Griffin .388 (.38829) Rochester Rochesters 10
Mox McQuery .383 (.38298) Syracuse Stars 11
Harry Taylor .383 (.38264) Louisville Colonels 12
John Sneed .382 (.38215) Toledo Maumees 13
Columbus Colts  
Shorty Fuller .377 (.37705) St. Louis Browns 14
Jack O'Connor .377 (.37702) Columbus Colts 15
Ted Scheffler .374 (.37430) Rochester Rochesters 16
Curt Welch .372 (.37230) Philadelphia Athletics 17
Baltimore Orioles  
Charlie Hamburg .370 (.36964) Louisville Colonels 18
Orator Shafer .367 (.36652) Philadelphia Athletics 19
Jimmy Knowles .359 (.35935) Rochester Rochesters 20
George Tebeau .359 (.35862) Toledo Maumees 21
Jack Crooks .357 (.35714) Columbus Colts 22
Phil Tomney .357 (.35714) Louisville Colonels  
Jack O'Brien .356 (.35614) Philadelphia Athletics 24
Frank Scheibeck .350 (.34982) Toledo Maumees 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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