On Base Percentage : 1906 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)
 

1906 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Frank Chance .419 (.41906) Chicago Cubs 1
Roger Bresnahan .418 (.41800) New York Giants 2
Honus Wagner .416 (.41610) Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Art Devlin .396 (.39619) New York Giants 4
Harry Steinfeldt .395 (.39500) Chicago Cubs 5
Roy Thomas .393 (.39274) Philadelphia Phillies 6
Harry Lumley .386 (.38649) Brooklyn Superbas 7
John Titus .378 (.37828) Philadelphia Phillies 8
Miller Huggins .376 (.37641) Cincinnati Reds 9
Fred Clarke .371 (.37118) Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Claude Ritchey .369 (.36898) Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Fred Tenney .358 (.35750) Boston Beaneaters 12
Bill Dahlen .357 (.35727) New York Giants 13
Tim Jordan .352 (.35156) Brooklyn Superbas 14
Jimmy Sheckard .349 (.34887) Chicago Cubs 15
Sherry Magee .348 (.34839) Philadelphia Phillies 16
Dan McGann .344 (.34351) New York Giants 17
Spike Shannon .339 (.33937) St. Louis Cardinals 18
New York Giants  
Cy Seymour .339 (.33923) Cincinnati Reds 19
New York Giants  
Pug Bennett .334 (.33384) St. Louis Cardinals 20
Tommy Leach .333 (.33333) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Shad Barry .329 (.32918) Cincinnati Reds 22
St. Louis Cardinals  
Jim Nealon .327 (.32683) Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Jimmy Slagle .324 (.32442) Chicago Cubs 24
Wildfire Schulte .324 (.32387) 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.

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.

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.