On Base Percentage : 1952 National League Top 25

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1952 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jackie Robinson .440 (.43968) Brooklyn Dodgers 1
Stan Musial .432 (.43195) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Solly Hemus .392 (.39213) St. Louis Cardinals 3
Gil Hodges .386 (.38574) Brooklyn Dodgers 4
Enos Slaughter .386 (.38554) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Ralph Kiner .384 (.38389) Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Sid Gordon .384 (.38372) Boston Braves 7
Ted Kluszewski .383 (.38321) Cincinnati Reds 8
Eddie Waitkus .371 (.37057) Philadelphia Phillies 9
Pee Wee Reese .369 (.36899) Brooklyn Dodgers 10
Duke Snider .368 (.36842) Brooklyn Dodgers 11
Earl Torgeson .366 (.36638) Boston Braves 12
Andy Pafko .366 (.36613) Brooklyn Dodgers 13
Whitey Lockman .363 (.36296) New York Giants 14
Richie Ashburn .362 (.36232) Philadelphia Phillies 15
Hank Sauer .361 (.36111) Chicago Cubs 16
Johnny Wyrostek .359 (.35918) Cincinnati Reds 17
Philadelphia Phillies  
Al Dark .357 (.35725) New York Giants 18
Roy Campanella .352 (.35227) Brooklyn Dodgers 19
Red Schoendienst .347 (.34743) St. Louis Cardinals 20
Hank Thompson .344 (.34382) New York Giants 21
Del Ennis .341 (.34116) Philadelphia Phillies 22
Dee Fondy .334 (.33448) Chicago Cubs 23
Johnny Logan .334 (.33401) Boston Braves 24
Bobby Adams .334 (.33382) Cincinnati Reds 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).

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.