On Base Percentage : 1963 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:

"The key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1963 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Eddie Mathews .399 (.39852) Milwaukee Braves 1
Hank Aaron .391 (.39076) Milwaukee Braves 2
Willie Mays .380 (.38003) San Francisco Giants 3
Frank Robinson .379 (.37931) Cincinnati Reds 4
Dick Groat .377 (.37733) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Tony Gonzalez .372 (.37198) Philadelphia Phillies 6
Orlando Cepeda .366 (.36566) San Francisco Giants 7
Bill White .360 (.36022) St. Louis Cardinals 8
Tommy Davis .359 (.35906) Los Angeles Dodgers 9
Ken Boyer .358 (.35786) St. Louis Cardinals 10
Billy Williams .358 (.35766) Chicago Cubs 11
Roberto Clemente .356 (.35580) Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Maury Wills .355 (.35478) Los Angeles Dodgers 13
Jim Gilliam .354 (.35413) Los Angeles Dodgers 14
Willie McCovey .350 (.34984) San Francisco Giants 15
Joe Torre .350 (.34955) Milwaukee Braves 16
Ron Fairly .347 (.34720) Los Angeles Dodgers 17
Vada Pinson .347 (.34676) Cincinnati Reds 18
Curt Flood .345 (.34463) St. Louis Cardinals 19
Ron Santo .339 (.33916) Chicago Cubs 20
George Altman .339 (.33911) St. Louis Cardinals 21
Johnny Callison .339 (.33873) Philadelphia Phillies 22
Ron Hunt .334 (.33446) New York Mets 23
Pete Rose .334 (.33382) Cincinnati Reds 24
Dick Schofield .333 (.33333) Pittsburgh Pirates 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.

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.