On Base Percentage : 1992 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1992 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Barry Bonds .456 (.45588) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
John Kruk .423 (.42339) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Brett Butler .413 (.41258) Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Fred McGriff .394 (.39399) San Diego Padres 4
Bip Roberts .393 (.39333) Cincinnati Reds 5
Gary Sheffield .385 (.38511) San Diego Padres 6
Darren Daulton .385 (.38462) Philadelphia Phillies 7
Will Clark .384 (.38436) San Francisco Giants 8
Andy Van Slyke .381 (.38102) Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Mark Grace .380 (.37991) Chicago Cubs 10
Craig Biggio .378 (.37849) Houston Astros 11
Barry Larkin .377 (.37727) Cincinnati Reds 12
Ryne Sandberg .371 (.37118) Chicago Cubs 13
Tony Gwynn .371 (.37083) San Diego Padres 14
Ray Lankford .371 (.37059) St. Louis Cardinals 15
Dave Hollins .369 (.36934) Philadelphia Phillies 16
Jeff Bagwell .368 (.36835) Houston Astros 17
Ozzie Smith .367 (.36678) St. Louis Cardinals 18
Delino DeShields .359 (.35932) Montreal Expos 19
David Justice .359 (.35902) Atlanta Braves 20
Steve Finley .355 (.35522) Houston Astros 21
Larry Walker .353 (.35334) Montreal Expos 22
Todd Zeile .352 (.35214) St. Louis Cardinals 23
Ken Caminiti .350 (.34955) Houston Astros 24
Otis Nixon .348 (.34809) Atlanta Braves 25



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.

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.