On Base Percentage : 1989 National League Top 25

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"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)
 

1989 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Lonnie Smith .415 (.41493) Atlanta Braves 1
Jack Clark .410 (.40978) San Diego Padres 2
Will Clark .407 (.40741) San Francisco Giants 3
Mark Grace .405 (.40472) Chicago Cubs 4
Tim Raines .395 (.39482) Montreal Expos 5
Pedro Guerrero .391 (.39098) St. Louis Cardinals 6
Tony Gwynn .389 (.38922) San Diego Padres 7
Kevin Mitchell .388 (.38750) San Francisco Giants 8
Von Hayes .376 (.37577) Philadelphia Phillies 9
Jose Oquendo .375 (.37481) St. Louis Cardinals 10
Howard Johnson .369 (.36947) New York Mets 11
Eric Davis .367 (.36716) Cincinnati Reds 12
Willie Randolph .366 (.36566) Los Angeles Dodgers 13
Bobby Bonilla .358 (.35817) Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Ryne Sandberg .356 (.35618) Chicago Cubs 15
Tom Herr .352 (.35161) Philadelphia Phillies 16
Barry Bonds .351 (.35103) Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Glenn Davis .350 (.34992) Houston Astros 18
Brett Butler .349 (.34901) San Francisco Giants 19
Spike Owen .349 (.34875) Montreal Expos 20
Roberto Alomar .347 (.34745) San Diego Padres 21
Eddie Murray .342 (.34203) Los Angeles Dodgers 22
Tim Wallach .341 (.34116) Montreal Expos 23
Milt Thompson .340 (.34010) St. Louis Cardinals 24
Craig Biggio .336 (.33598) Houston Astros 25



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).

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.

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.