On Base Percentage : 1884 Union Association 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)
 

1884 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the Union Association

Fred Dunlap .448 (.44770) St. Louis Maroons 1
Orator Shafer .398 (.39839) St. Louis Maroons 2
Buster Hoover .390 (.39024) Philadelphia Keystones 3
Billy Taylor .389 (.38860) St. Louis Maroons 4
Buttercup Dickerson .388 (.38813) St. Louis Maroons 5
Martin Powell .364 (.36364) Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 6
Harry Moore .363 (.36250) Washington Nationals 7
Jack Gleason .361 (.36124) St. Louis Maroons 8
Emmett Seery .342 (.34221) Baltimore Monumentals 9
Kansas City Unions  
Bill Harbridge .328 (.32787) Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 10
Yank Robinson .327 (.32743) Baltimore Monumentals 11
Jumbo Schoeneck .320 (.32028) Chicago Browns 12
Pittsburgh Stogies  
Baltimore Monumentals  
Chris Fulmer .318 (.31771) Washington Nationals 13
Jack Clements .317 (.31720) Philadelphia Keystones 14
Dick Burns .315 (.31549) Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 15
Phil Baker .309 (.30890) Washington Nationals 16
Ed Crane .308 (.30769) Boston Unions 17
Dave Rowe .307 (.30707) St. Louis Maroons 18
Lou Sylvester .305 (.30484) Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 19
Bill Kienzle .303 (.30312) Philadelphia Keystones 20
Abner Powell .294 (.29381) Washington Nationals 21
Jack Jones .292 (.29225) Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 22
Eddie Fusselback .291 (.29085) Baltimore Monumentals 23
Bill Hawes .288 (.28814) Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 24
Joe Quinn .285 (.28539) St. Louis Maroons 25



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