On Base Percentage : 1936 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1936 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Arky Vaughan .453 (.45297) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Mel Ott .448 (.44769) New York Giants 2
Paul Waner .446 (.44562) Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Dolph Camilli .441 (.44068) Philadelphia Phillies 4
Gus Suhr .410 (.41029) Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Frank Demaree .400 (.40000) Chicago Cubs 6
Stan Hack .396 (.39571) Chicago Cubs 7
Billy Herman .392 (.39162) Chicago Cubs 8
Joe Medwick .387 (.38724) St. Louis Cardinals 9
Kiki Cuyler .380 (.37987) Cincinnati Reds 10
Buck Jordan .375 (.37542) Boston Bees 11
Tony Cuccinello .374 (.37440) Boston Bees 12
Pepper Martin .373 (.37302) St. Louis Cardinals 13
Lonny Frey .369 (.36895) Brooklyn Dodgers 14
Johnny Moore .365 (.36473) Philadelphia Phillies 15
Wally Berger .361 (.36134) Boston Bees 16
Chuck Klein .358 (.35846) Chicago Cubs 17
Philadelphia Phillies  
Jo-Jo Moore .358 (.35838) New York Giants 18
Dick Bartell .355 (.35495) New York Giants 19
Bill Brubaker .352 (.35197) Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Joe Stripp .351 (.35065) Brooklyn Dodgers 21
Gus Mancuso .351 (.35063) New York Giants 22
Buddy Hassett .350 (.35015) Brooklyn Dodgers 23
Ival Goodman .347 (.34701) Cincinnati Reds 24
Lou Chiozza .346 (.34634) Philadelphia Phillies 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.

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

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.