Top 25 On Base Percentage in 1981 in the National League

On Base Percentage : 1981 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1981 On Base Percentage Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name On Base Percentage Team Rank

Mike Schmidt .435 (.43548) Philadelphia Phillies 1

Bill Madlock .413 (.41250) Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Keith Hernandez .401 (.40090) St. Louis Cardinals 3

Gary Matthews .398 (.39813) Philadelphia Phillies 4

Pete Rose .391 (.39130) Philadelphia Phillies 5

Tim Raines .391 (.39118) Montreal Expos 6

Steve Henderson .382 (.38209) Chicago Cubs 7

Milt May .376 (.37607) San Francisco Giants 8

George Foster .373 (.37288) Cincinnati Reds 9

Gene Richards .373 (.37277) San Diego Padres 10

Ron Cey .372 (.37151) Los Angeles Dodgers 11

Joe Morgan .371 (.37135) San Francisco Giants 12

Ken Griffey .370 (.37045) Cincinnati Reds 13

Warren Cromartie .370 (.37000) Montreal Expos 14

Art Howe .365 (.36543) Houston Astros 15

Andre Dawson .365 (.36508) Montreal Expos 16

Pedro Guerrero .365 (.36458) Los Angeles Dodgers 17

Dusty Baker .363 (.36322) Los Angeles Dodgers 18

Dave Concepcion .358 (.35837) Cincinnati Reds 19

George Hendrick .356 (.35601) St. Louis Cardinals 20

Darrell Evans .356 (.35577) San Francisco Giants 21

Dave Collins .355 (.35452) Cincinnati Reds 22

Mike Scioscia .353 (.35347) Los Angeles Dodgers 23

Ken Oberkfell .353 (.35252) St. Louis Cardinals 24

Bill Buckner .349 (.34879) Chicago Cubs 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.

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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