On Base Percentage : 1907 National League Top 25

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1907 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Honus Wagner .408 (.40813) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Sherry Magee .396 (.39643) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Fred Clarke .383 (.38302) Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Art Devlin .376 (.37610) New York Giants 4
Roy Thomas .374 (.37352) Philadelphia Phillies 5
Jimmy Sheckard .373 (.37279) Chicago Cubs 6
Tim Jordan .371 (.37143) Brooklyn Superbas 7
Fred Tenney .371 (.37129) Boston Doves 8
Ginger Beaumont .366 (.36613) Boston Doves 9
Spike Shannon .363 (.36296) New York Giants 10
Jimmy Slagle .359 (.35866) Chicago Cubs 11
Ed Abbaticchio .357 (.35677) Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Tommy Leach .352 (.35204) Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Cy Seymour .350 (.35019) New York Giants 14
Miller Huggins .346 (.34574) Cincinnati Reds 15
John Titus .345 (.34542) Philadelphia Phillies 16
Goat Anderson .343 (.34269) Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Mike Mitchell .339 (.33946) Cincinnati Reds 18
Otto Knabe .339 (.33932) Philadelphia Phillies 19
Ernie Courtney .335 (.33533) Philadelphia Phillies 20
Johnny Bates .329 (.32860) Boston Doves 21
Claude Ritchey .329 (.32852) Boston Doves 22
Solly Hofman .328 (.32813) Chicago Cubs 23
Dave Brain .324 (.32413) Boston Doves 24
Harry Steinfeldt .323 (.32313) Chicago Cubs 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 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?

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.