1996 On Base Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank
Gary Sheffield	.465 (.46529)	Florida Marlins	1
Barry Bonds	.461 (.46074)	San Francisco Giants	2
Jeff Bagwell	.451 (.45063)	Houston Astros	3
Mike Piazza	.422 (.42155)	Los Angeles Dodgers	4
Rickey Henderson	.410 (.41030)	San Diego Padres	5
Barry Larkin	.410 (.40989)	Cincinnati Reds	6
Ellis Burks	.408 (.40762)	Colorado Rockies	7
Ken Caminiti	.408 (.40752)	San Diego Padres	8
Tony Gwynn	.400 (.40040)	San Diego Padres	9
Mark Grace	.396 (.39610)	Chicago Cubs	10
Eric Davis	.394 (.39394)	Cincinnati Reds	11
Bernard Gilkey	.393 (.39329)	New York Mets	12
Eric Young	.393 (.39314)	Colorado Rockies	13
Chipper Jones	.393 (.39306)	Atlanta Braves	14
Craig Biggio	.386 (.38601)	Houston Astros	15
Walt Weiss	.381 (.38095)	Colorado Rockies	16
Wally Joyner	.377 (.37721)	San Diego Padres	17
Hal Morris	.374 (.37351)	Cincinnati Reds	18
Ray Lankford	.366 (.36593)	St. Louis Cardinals	19
Fred McGriff	.365 (.36469)	Atlanta Braves	20
Ryan Klesko	.364 (.36379)	Atlanta Braves	21
Lance Johnson	.362 (.36200)	New York Mets	22
Brian McRae	.360 (.35994)	Chicago Cubs	23
Jeff Conine	.360 (.35970)	Florida Marlins	24
Dante Bichette	.359 (.35879)	Colorado Rockies	25
Name	On Base Percentage	Team	Rank

	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. 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).