On Base Percentage : 1937 National League Top 25

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"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1937 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dolph Camilli .446 (.44621) Philadelphia Phillies 1
Johnny Mize .427 (.42673) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Joe Medwick .414 (.41420) St. Louis Cardinals 3
Paul Waner .413 (.41349) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Mel Ott .408 (.40769) New York Giants 5
Billy Herman .396 (.39614) Chicago Cubs 6
Pinky Whitney .395 (.39548) Philadelphia Phillies 7
Arky Vaughan .394 (.39429) Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Heinie Manush .389 (.38900) Brooklyn Dodgers 9
Stan Hack .388 (.38772) Chicago Cubs 10
Frank Demaree .382 (.38187) Chicago Cubs 11
Cookie Lavagetto .375 (.37543) Brooklyn Dodgers 12
Lloyd Waner .370 (.36953) Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Gus Suhr .369 (.36930) Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Dick Bartell .367 (.36749) New York Giants 15
Billy Jurges .365 (.36546) Chicago Cubs 16
Jo-Jo Moore .364 (.36407) New York Giants 17
Hersh Martin .362 (.36154) Philadelphia Phillies 18
Gene Moore .358 (.35783) Boston Bees 19
Don Padgett .357 (.35714) St. Louis Cardinals 20
Ival Goodman .347 (.34697) Cincinnati Reds 21
Alex Kampouris .342 (.34226) Cincinnati Reds 22
Tony Cuccinello .341 (.34119) Boston Bees 23
Augie Galan .339 (.33864) Chicago Cubs 24
Bill Brubaker .335 (.33477) Pittsburgh Pirates 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).

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

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.