On Base Percentage : 1912 National League Top 25

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"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1912 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Johnny Evers .431 (.43141) Chicago Cubs 1
Miller Huggins .422 (.42197) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Dode Paskert .420 (.42006) Philadelphia Phillies 3
Heinie Zimmerman .418 (.41764) Chicago Cubs 4
Bill Sweeney .416 (.41592) Boston Braves 5
John Titus .416 (.41582) Philadelphia Phillies 6
Boston Braves  
Honus Wagner .395 (.39486) Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Larry Doyle .393 (.39286) New York Giants 8
Jimmy Sheckard .392 (.39231) Chicago Cubs 9
Ed Konetchy .389 (.38907) St. Louis Cardinals 10
Sherry Magee .388 (.38783) Philadelphia Phillies 11
Bob Bescher .381 (.38148) Cincinnati Reds 12
Fred Merkle .374 (.37429) New York Giants 13
Max Carey .372 (.37213) Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Jake Daubert .369 (.36868) Brooklyn Dodgers 15
Herbie Moran .368 (.36770) Brooklyn Dodgers 16
Zack Wheat .367 (.36747) Brooklyn Dodgers 17
Art Devlin .367 (.36735) Boston Braves 18
Otto Knabe .366 (.36646) Philadelphia Phillies 19
Ed McDonald .363 (.36330) Boston Braves 20
Fred Snodgrass .362 (.36215) New York Giants 21
Red Smith .362 (.36213) Brooklyn Dodgers 22
Bobby Byrne .358 (.35836) Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Gavvy Cravath .358 (.35802) Philadelphia Phillies 24
Steve Evans .353 (.35294) St. Louis Cardinals 25



Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

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.