On Base Percentage : 1973 National League Top 25

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1973 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League
Ken Singleton .425 (.42547) Montreal Expos 1
Ron Fairly .422 (.42231) Montreal Expos 2
Joe Morgan .406 (.40576) Cincinnati Reds 3
Bob Watson .403 (.40301) Houston Astros 4
Darrell Evans .403 (.40274) Atlanta Braves 5
Pete Rose .401 (.40080) Cincinnati Reds 6
Willie Crawford .396 (.39630) Los Angeles Dodgers 7
Tony Perez .393 (.39258) Cincinnati Reds 8
Willie Stargell .392 (.39245) Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Bob Bailey .379 (.37914) Montreal Expos 10
Joe Torre .376 (.37647) St. Louis Cardinals 11
Cesar Cedeno .376 (.37565) Houston Astros 12
Jose Cardenal .375 (.37521) Chicago Cubs 13
Rick Monday .372 (.37191) Chicago Cubs 14
Davey Johnson .370 (.37020) Atlanta Braves 15
Ted Simmons .370 (.37010) St. Louis Cardinals 16
Bobby Bonds .370 (.36992) San Francisco Giants 17
Joe Ferguson .369 (.36923) Los Angeles Dodgers 18
Billy Williams .369 (.36874) Chicago Cubs 19
Gary Matthews .367 (.36711) San Francisco Giants 20
Ted Sizemore .365 (.36471) St. Louis Cardinals 21
Lou Brock .364 (.36364) St. Louis Cardinals 22
Rusty Staub .361 (.36090) New York Mets 23
Dusty Baker .359 (.35912) Atlanta Braves 24
Del Unser .354 (.35354) Philadelphia Phillies 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.
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