1878 On Base Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank
Bob Ferguson	.375 (.37546)	Chicago White Stockings	1
Cap Anson	.372 (.37226)	Chicago White Stockings	2
Orator Shafer	.369 (.36918)	Indianapolis Browns	3
Abner Dalrymple	.368 (.36823)	Milwaukee Cream Citys	4
Paul Hines	.363 (.36293)	Providence Grays	5
Joe Start	.355 (.35540)	Chicago White Stockings	6
Deacon White	.340 (.33955)	Cincinnati Reds	7
Terry Larkin	.337 (.33745)	Chicago White Stockings	8
John Clapp	.337 (.33696)	Indianapolis Browns	9
Dick Higham	.332 (.33217)	Providence Grays	10
Tom York	.329 (.32852)	Providence Grays	11
Lew Brown	.324 (.32400)	Providence Grays	12
John Peters	.323 (.32271)	Milwaukee Cream Citys	13
Charley Jones	.321 (.32075)	Cincinnati Reds	14
Cal McVey	.319 (.31884)	Cincinnati Reds	15
Joe Gerhardt	.316 (.31579)	Cincinnati Reds	16
Bill Harbridge	.313 (.31301)	Chicago White Stockings	17
King Kelly	.303 (.30328)	Cincinnati Reds	18
Will Foley	.292 (.29237)	Milwaukee Cream Citys	19
Jim O'Rourke	.292 (.29231)	Boston Red Caps	20
John Cassidy	.291 (.29057)	Chicago White Stockings	21
Jack Remsen	.286 (.28631)	Chicago White Stockings	22
Charlie Bennett	.284 (.28351)	Milwaukee Cream Citys	23
Jack Manning	.283 (.28295)	Boston Red Caps	24
Frank Hankinson	.282 (.28163)	Chicago White Stockings	25
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank

	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? 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).