On Base Percentage : 1926 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)
 

1926 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Paul Waner .413 (.41254) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Ray Blades .409 (.40900) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Hack Wilson .406 (.40563) Chicago Cubs 3
George Grantham .400 (.40000) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Dave Bancroft .399 (.39884) Boston Braves 5
Rogers Hornsby .388 (.38776) St. Louis Cardinals 6
Les Bell .383 (.38268) St. Louis Cardinals 7
Kiki Cuyler .380 (.38039) Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Babe Herman .375 (.37523) Brooklyn Robins 9
Taylor Douthit .375 (.37479) St. Louis Cardinals 10
Curt Walker .372 (.37242) Cincinnati Reds 11
Bob O'Farrell .371 (.37071) St. Louis Cardinals 12
Sparky Adams .367 (.36711) Chicago Cubs 13
Edd Roush .366 (.36606) Cincinnati Reds 14
Johnny Mokan .365 (.36527) Philadelphia Phillies 15
Billy Southworth .365 (.36464) New York Giants 16
St. Louis Cardinals  
Jim Bottomley .364 (.36391) St. Louis Cardinals 17
Pie Traynor .361 (.36052) Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Gus Felix .360 (.36008) Brooklyn Robins 19
Eddie Brown .355 (.35479) Boston Braves 20
Frankie Frisch .353 (.35294) New York Giants 21
Cliff Heathcote .353 (.35263) Chicago Cubs 22
George Kelly .352 (.35196) New York Giants 23
Wally Pipp .352 (.35191) Cincinnati Reds 24
Freddy Leach .352 (.35167) Philadelphia Phillies 25



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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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?