1979 On Base Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank
Pete Rose	.418 (.41781)	Philadelphia Phillies	1
Keith Hernandez	.417 (.41691)	St. Louis Cardinals	2
Gene Tenace	.403 (.40275)	San Diego Padres	3
Lee Mazzilli	.395 (.39538)	New York Mets	4
Dave Winfield	.395 (.39504)	San Diego Padres	5
Ron Cey	.389 (.38860)	Los Angeles Dodgers	6
Mike Schmidt	.386 (.38633)	Philadelphia Phillies	7
George Foster	.386 (.38614)	Cincinnati Reds	8
Billy North	.386 (.38571)	San Francisco Giants	9
Dave Parker	.380 (.38048)	Pittsburgh Pirates	10
Joe Morgan	.379 (.37944)	Cincinnati Reds	11
Davey Lopes	.372 (.37172)	Los Angeles Dodgers	12
Ted Simmons	.369 (.36852)	St. Louis Cardinals	13
Jose Cruz	.367 (.36693)	Houston Astros	14
Johnny Bench	.364 (.36449)	Cincinnati Reds	15
Gary Matthews	.363 (.36311)	Atlanta Braves	16
Steve Ontiveros	.362 (.36163)	Chicago Cubs	17
Ray Knight	.360 (.36000)	Cincinnati Reds	18
George Hendrick	.359 (.35949)	St. Louis Cardinals	19
Phil Garner	.359 (.35902)	Pittsburgh Pirates	20
Larry Parrish	.357 (.35714)	Montreal Expos	21
Darrell Evans	.356 (.35606)	San Francisco Giants	22
Bill Madlock	.355 (.35484)	San Francisco Giants	23
		Pittsburgh Pirates
Richie Hebner	.354 (.35401)	New York Mets	24
Terry Puhl	.352 (.35241)	Houston Astros	25
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank

	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. 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.