On Base Percentage : 1967 National League Top 25

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"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
 

1967 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dick Allen .404 (.40445) Philadelphia Phillies 1
Roberto Clemente .400 (.40032) Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Orlando Cepeda .399 (.39907) St. Louis Cardinals 3
Rusty Staub .398 (.39837) Houston Astros 4
Tony Gonzalez .396 (.39646) Philadelphia Phillies 5
Ron Santo .395 (.39455) Chicago Cubs 6
Adolfo Phillips .384 (.38433) Chicago Cubs 7
Joe Morgan .378 (.37824) Houston Astros 8
Curt Flood .378 (.37814) St. Louis Cardinals 9
Willie McCovey .378 (.37803) San Francisco Giants 10
Jim Ray Hart .373 (.37349) San Francisco Giants 11
Matty Alou .372 (.37177) Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Tim McCarver .369 (.36940) St. Louis Cardinals 13
Hank Aaron .369 (.36921) Atlanta Braves 14
Willie Stargell .365 (.36517) Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Pete Rose .364 (.36378) Cincinnati Reds 16
Wes Parker .358 (.35802) Los Angeles Dodgers 17
Mack Jones .355 (.35472) Atlanta Braves 18
Bob Aspromonte .354 (.35382) Houston Astros 19
Billy Williams .346 (.34648) Chicago Cubs 20
Joe Torre .345 (.34522) Atlanta Braves 21
Tom Haller .344 (.34351) San Francisco Giants 22
Tommy Davis .342 (.34194) New York Mets 23
Gene Alley .337 (.33668) Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Maury Wills .334 (.33436) 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).

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.