On Base Percentage : 1976 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:

"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
 

1976 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Joe Morgan .444 (.44407) Cincinnati Reds 1
Bill Madlock .412 (.41197) Chicago Cubs 2
Pete Rose .404 (.40448) Cincinnati Reds 3
Ken Griffey .401 (.40127) Cincinnati Reds 4
Ron Cey .386 (.38629) Los Angeles Dodgers 5
Cesar Geronimo .382 (.38156) Cincinnati Reds 6
Bob Watson .377 (.37727) Houston Astros 7
Garry Maddox .377 (.37713) Philadelphia Phillies 8
Jimmy Wynn .377 (.37671) Atlanta Braves 9
Jose Cruz .377 (.37652) Houston Astros 10
Mike Schmidt .376 (.37607) Philadelphia Phillies 11
Greg Gross .375 (.37500) Houston Astros 12
Ted Simmons .371 (.37120) St. Louis Cardinals 13
Greg Luzinski .369 (.36860) Philadelphia Phillies 14
Dave Winfield .366 (.36637) San Diego Padres 15
George Foster .364 (.36364) Cincinnati Reds 16
Steve Garvey .363 (.36324) Los Angeles Dodgers 17
Bobby Murcer .362 (.36218) San Francisco Giants 18
John Milner .362 (.36204) New York Mets 19
Gary Matthews .359 (.35874) San Francisco Giants 20
Cesar Cedeno .357 (.35748) Houston Astros 21
Wayne Garrett .356 (.35616) New York Mets 22
Montreal Expos  
Willie Montanez .352 (.35217) San Francisco Giants 23
Atlanta Braves  
Ken Henderson .352 (.35189) Atlanta Braves 24
Dave Parker .349 (.34904) Pittsburgh Pirates 25



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.

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 most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?