Top 25 On Base Percentage in 1987 in the National League

On Base Percentage : 1987 National League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)

1987 On Base Percentage Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name On Base Percentage Team Rank

Jack Clark .459 (.45878) St. Louis Cardinals 1

Tony Gwynn .447 (.44690) San Diego Padres 2

Tim Raines .429 (.42903) Montreal Expos 3

Dale Murphy .417 (.41703) Atlanta Braves 4

Pedro Guerrero .416 (.41587) Los Angeles Dodgers 5

John Kruk .406 (.40649) San Diego Padres 6

Von Hayes .404 (.40382) Philadelphia Phillies 7

Eric Davis .399 (.39858) Cincinnati Reds 8

Darryl Strawberry .398 (.39844) New York Mets 9

Dion James .397 (.39719) Atlanta Braves 10

Ozzie Smith .392 (.39193) St. Louis Cardinals 11

Mike Schmidt .388 (.38825) Philadelphia Phillies 12

Glenn Hubbard .378 (.37807) Atlanta Braves 13

Keith Hernandez .377 (.37722) New York Mets 14

Carmelo Martinez .372 (.37214) San Diego Padres 15

Dave Martinez .372 (.37187) Chicago Cubs 16

Will Clark .371 (.37094) San Francisco Giants 17

Buddy Bell .369 (.36913) Cincinnati Reds 18

Ryne Sandberg .367 (.36689) Chicago Cubs 19

Bill Doran .365 (.36541) Houston Astros 20

Howard Johnson .364 (.36434) New York Mets 21

Vince Coleman .363 (.36298) St. Louis Cardinals 22

Andres Galarraga .361 (.36139) Montreal Expos 23

Mitch Webster .361 (.36078) Montreal Expos 24

Terry Pendleton .360 (.35994) St. Louis Cardinals 25

Name On Base Percentage Team Rank

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.

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