On Base Percentage : 1980 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1980 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Keith Hernandez .408 (.40784) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Cesar Cedeno .389 (.38908) Houston Astros 2
Jack Clark .382 (.38241) San Francisco Giants 3
Mike Schmidt .380 (.38037) Philadelphia Phillies 4
Dan Driessen .377 (.37658) Cincinnati Reds 5
Ted Simmons .375 (.37544) St. Louis Cardinals 6
Billy North .373 (.37349) San Francisco Giants 7
Lee Mazzilli .370 (.36976) New York Mets 8
Steve Henderson .368 (.36833) New York Mets 9
Joe Morgan .367 (.36673) Houston Astros 10
Dave Collins .366 (.36557) Cincinnati Reds 11
Dave Winfield .365 (.36547) San Diego Padres 12
Ken Griffey .364 (.36438) Cincinnati Reds 13
Gene Richards .363 (.36312) San Diego Padres 14
George Foster .362 (.36184) Cincinnati Reds 15
Jose Cruz .360 (.36029) Houston Astros 16
Darrell Evans .359 (.35858) San Francisco Giants 17
Andre Dawson .358 (.35793) Montreal Expos 18
Terry Puhl .357 (.35714) Houston Astros 19
Bill Buckner .353 (.35342) Chicago Cubs 20
Jerry Mumphrey .352 (.35170) San Diego Padres 21
Pete Rose .352 (.35157) Philadelphia Phillies 22
Dale Murphy .349 (.34865) Atlanta Braves 23
Warren Cromartie .345 (.34456) Montreal Expos 24
Len Randle .343 (.34317) Chicago Cubs 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.

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?

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.