On Base Percentage : 1970 National League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1970 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League
Rico Carty .454 (.45357) Atlanta Braves 1
Willie McCovey .444 (.44357) San Francisco Giants 2
Dick Dietz .426 (.42623) San Francisco Giants 3
Jim Hickman .419 (.41899) Chicago Cubs 4
Tony Perez .401 (.40088) Cincinnati Reds 5
Billy Grabarkewitz .399 (.39874) Los Angeles Dodgers 6
Joe Torre .398 (.39773) St. Louis Cardinals 7
Rusty Staub .394 (.39390) Montreal Expos 8
Jimmy Wynn .394 (.39371) Houston Astros 9
Ken Henderson .394 (.39352) San Francisco Giants 10
Wes Parker .392 (.39230) Los Angeles Dodgers 11
Denis Menke .392 (.39210) Houston Astros 12
Billy Williams .391 (.39076) Chicago Cubs 13
Willie Mays .390 (.39046) San Francisco Giants 14
Hank Aaron .385 (.38462) Atlanta Braves 15
Pete Rose .385 (.38462) Cincinnati Reds  
Bobby Tolan .384 (.38438) Cincinnati Reds 17
Joe Morgan .383 (.38285) Houston Astros 18
Dick Allen .377 (.37711) St. Louis Cardinals 19
Bobby Bonds .375 (.37500) San Francisco Giants 20
Ron Santo .369 (.36850) Chicago Cubs 21
Orlando Cepeda .365 (.36523) Atlanta Braves 22
Cito Gaston .364 (.36407) San Diego Padres 23
Lou Brock .361 (.36126) St. Louis Cardinals 24
Don Money .361 (.36111) Philadelphia Phillies 25



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.

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.

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).
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