1949 On Base Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank
Stan Musial	.438 (.43828)	St. Louis Cardinals	1
Jackie Robinson	.432 (.43231)	Brooklyn Dodgers	2
Ralph Kiner	.432 (.43178)	Pittsburgh Pirates	3
Enos Slaughter	.418 (.41821)	St. Louis Cardinals	4
Eddie Stanky	.417 (.41707)	Boston Braves	5
Sid Gordon	.404 (.40375)	New York Giants	6
Willard Marshall	.401 (.40138)	New York Giants	7
Pee Wee Reese	.396 (.39620)	Brooklyn Dodgers	8
Elbie Fletcher	.396 (.39604)	Boston Braves	9
Bob Elliott	.395 (.39547)	Boston Braves	10
Roy Campanella	.385 (.38538)	Brooklyn Dodgers	11
Andy Pafko	.369 (.36887)	Chicago Cubs	12
Carl Furillo	.368 (.36842)	Brooklyn Dodgers	13
Whitey Lockman	.368 (.36804)	New York Giants	14
Del Ennis	.367 (.36701)	Philadelphia Phillies	15
Duke Snider	.361 (.36111)	Brooklyn Dodgers	16
Harry Walker	.361 (.36100)	Chicago Cubs	17
		Cincinnati Reds
Gil Hodges	.360 (.36036)	Brooklyn Dodgers	18
Bobby Thomson	.355 (.35517)	New York Giants	19
Red Schoendienst	.351 (.35065)	St. Louis Cardinals	20
Hank Sauer	.349 (.34921)	Cincinnati Reds	21
		Chicago Cubs
Peanuts Lowrey	.347 (.34690)	Chicago Cubs	22
		Cincinnati Reds
Wally Westlake	.345 (.34549)	Pittsburgh Pirates	23
Richie Ashburn	.343 (.34258)	Philadelphia Phillies	24
Grady Hatton	.342 (.34219)	Cincinnati Reds	25
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank

	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. 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.