On Base Percentage : 1978 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1978 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jeff Burroughs .432 (.43208) Atlanta Braves 1
Dave Parker .394 (.39408) Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Gene Tenace .392 (.39223) San Diego Padres 3
Greg Luzinski .388 (.38779) Philadelphia Phillies 4
Reggie Smith .382 (.38230) Los Angeles Dodgers 5
Gene Richards .381 (.38118) San Diego Padres 6
Ron Cey .380 (.38045) Los Angeles Dodgers 7
Bill Madlock .378 (.37800) San Francisco Giants 8
Ted Simmons .377 (.37748) St. Louis Cardinals 9
Bobby Murcer .376 (.37607) Chicago Cubs 10
Jose Cruz .376 (.37600) Houston Astros 11
Richie Hebner .369 (.36926) Philadelphia Phillies 12
Dave Winfield .367 (.36672) San Diego Padres 13
Gary Matthews .366 (.36599) Atlanta Braves 14
Mike Schmidt .364 (.36364) Philadelphia Phillies 15
John Stearns .364 (.36364) New York Mets  
Pete Rose .362 (.36176) Cincinnati Reds 17
George Foster .360 (.35953) Cincinnati Reds 18
Darrell Evans .360 (.35952) San Francisco Giants 19
Jack Clark .358 (.35780) San Francisco Giants 20
Dave Concepcion .357 (.35749) Cincinnati Reds 21
Bob Watson .357 (.35674) Houston Astros 22
Ivan DeJesus .356 (.35581) Chicago Cubs 23
Davey Lopes .355 (.35508) Los Angeles Dodgers 24
Lee Mazzilli .353 (.35332) New York Mets 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.

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.

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.