On Base Percentage : 1995 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)
 

1995 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Barry Bonds .432 (.43150) San Francisco Giants 1
Craig Biggio .406 (.40634) Houston Astros 2
Tony Gwynn .404 (.40381) San Diego Padres 3
Walt Weiss .403 (.40301) Colorado Rockies 4
Jeff Bagwell .399 (.39889) Houston Astros 5
Reggie Sanders .397 (.39683) Cincinnati Reds 6
Mark Grace .395 (.39457) Chicago Cubs 7
Barry Larkin .394 (.39362) Cincinnati Reds 8
Jose Offerman .389 (.38922) Los Angeles Dodgers 9
Derek Bell .385 (.38477) Houston Astros 10
Quilvio Veras .384 (.38418) Florida Marlins 11
Larry Walker .381 (.38078) Colorado Rockies 12
Ken Caminiti .380 (.38040) San Diego Padres 13
Jeff Conine .379 (.37900) Florida Marlins 14
Brett Butler .377 (.37713) New York Mets 15
Los Angeles Dodgers  
Eric Karros .369 (.36935) Los Angeles Dodgers 16
David Segui .367 (.36653) New York Mets 17
Montreal Expos  
Steve Finley .366 (.36581) San Diego Padres 18
Orlando Merced .365 (.36514) Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Dante Bichette .364 (.36438) Colorado Rockies 20
Fred McGriff .361 (.36093) Atlanta Braves 21
Ray Lankford .360 (.35986) St. Louis Cardinals 22
Bernard Gilkey .358 (.35849) St. Louis Cardinals 23
Luis Gonzalez .357 (.35741) Houston Astros 24
Chicago Cubs  
Rondell White .356 (.35619) Montreal Expos 25



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.

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).

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.