On Base Percentage : 1924 National League Top 25

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1924 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rogers Hornsby .507 (.50718) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Ross Youngs .441 (.44059) New York Giants 2
Jack Fournier .428 (.42835) Brooklyn Robins 3
Zack Wheat .428 (.42811) Brooklyn Robins 4
Cy Williams .403 (.40287) Philadelphia Phillies 5
Kiki Cuyler .402 (.40159) Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Andy High .390 (.39002) Brooklyn Robins 7
George Grantham .390 (.38973) Chicago Cubs 8
Frankie Frisch .387 (.38729) New York Giants 9
Edd Roush .376 (.37624) Cincinnati Reds 10
Ray Blades .373 (.37325) St. Louis Cardinals 11
George Kelly .371 (.37134) New York Giants 12
Bernie Friberg .369 (.36926) Chicago Cubs 13
Curt Walker .369 (.36923) Philadelphia Phillies 14
Cincinnati Reds  
George Harper .366 (.36648) Cincinnati Reds 15
Philadelphia Phillies  
Max Carey .366 (.36596) Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Jim Bottomley .362 (.36219) St. Louis Cardinals 17
Heinie Groh .354 (.35370) New York Giants 18
Babe Pinelli .353 (.35283) Cincinnati Reds 19
Irish Meusel .351 (.35103) New York Giants 20
Casey Stengel .348 (.34774) Boston Braves 21
Eddie Brown .345 (.34511) Brooklyn Robins 22
Sparky Adams .344 (.34423) Chicago Cubs 23
Pie Traynor .340 (.33962) Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Charlie Grimm .336 (.33563) Pittsburgh Pirates 25



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.

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.