On Base Percentage : 1916 National League Top 25

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1916 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League
Gavvy Cravath .379 (.37911) Philadelphia Phillies 1
Bill Hinchman .378 (.37807) Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Cy Williams .372 (.37204) Chicago Cubs 3
Jake Daubert .371 (.37115) Brooklyn Robins 4
Heinie Groh .370 (.36973) Cincinnati Reds 5
Rogers Hornsby .369 (.36920) St. Louis Cardinals 6
Zack Wheat .366 (.36629) Brooklyn Robins 7
Hal Chase .363 (.36299) Cincinnati Reds 8
Vic Saier .356 (.35640) Chicago Cubs 9
Honus Wagner .350 (.35021) Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Benny Kauff .348 (.34831) New York Giants 11
George Burns .346 (.34643) New York Giants 12
Dode Paskert .346 (.34641) Philadelphia Phillies 13
Fred Luderus .341 (.34116) Philadelphia Phillies 14
Max Carey .337 (.33684) Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Red Smith .333 (.33274) Boston Braves 16
Casey Stengel .329 (.32863) Brooklyn Robins 17
Buck Herzog .327 (.32736) Cincinnati Reds 18
New York Giants  
Dave Robertson .326 (.32616) New York Giants 19
Larry Doyle .323 (.32290) New York Giants 20
Chicago Cubs  
Art Fletcher .323 (.32258) New York Giants 21
Dave Bancroft .323 (.32252) Philadelphia Phillies 22
Sherry Magee .322 (.32196) Boston Braves 23
Mike Mowrey .320 (.32000) Brooklyn Robins 24
Ed Konetchy .320 (.31981) Boston Braves 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).

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.

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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