Ted Williams has the highest career on-base percentage in MLB history, led the American League in 12 seasons (also a record), and held the single-season on-base percentage record for 61 years.
Players are eligible for the Hall of Fame if they have played at least 10 major league seasons, have been either retired for five seasons or deceased for six months, and have not been banned from MLB.[8] These requirements leave 6 living players ineligible who have played in the past 5 seasons; 5 players (Bill Joyce, Ferris Fain, Jake Stenzel, Bill Lange, and George Selkirk) who did not play 10 seasons in MLB; and Shoeless Joe Jackson, who was banned for his role in the Black Sox Scandal.[9]
^A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.
Referencesedit
^"Official Rules: 10.00 The Official Scorer". MLB.com. Retrieved January 15, 2010.
^Verducci, Tom (April 5, 2004). "Smart Stats, Dumb Stats". CNN Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
^Lewis, Michael (2003). Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. United States: W.W. Norton & Company Inc. p. 127. ISBN0-393-05765-8.
^ ab"Ted Williams Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
^ ab"Yearly League Leaders & Records for On-Base%". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
^"Barry Bonds Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
^ ab"Single-Season Leaders & Records for On-Base%". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
^"Rules for Election: BBWAA". National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
^Neyer, Rob (August 2, 2001). "Say it ain't so ... for Joe and the Hall". ESPN Classic. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved January 15, 2010.
External linksedit
"Career Leaders & Records for On-Base%". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
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In baseball statistics on base percentage OBP is a measure of how often a batter reaches base for any reason other than a fielding error fielder s choice dropped or uncaught third strike fielder s obstruction or catcher s interference OBP is calculated in Major League Baseball MLB by dividing the sum of hits walks and times hit by a pitch by the sum of at bats walks times hit by pitch and sacrifice flies 1 A hitter with a 400 on base percentage is considered to be great 2 and rare 3 only 61 players in MLB history with at least 3 000 career plate appearances PA have maintained such an OBP Left fielder Ted Williams who played 19 seasons for the Boston Red Sox has the highest career on base percentage 4817 in MLB history 4 Williams led the American League AL in on base percentage in twelve seasons the most such seasons for any player in the major leagues 4 5 Barry Bonds led the National League NL in ten seasons a NL record 5 6 Williams also posted the then highest single season on base percentage of 5528 in 1941 a record that stood for 61 years until Bonds broke it with a 5817 OBP in 2002 7 Bonds broke his own record in 2004 setting the current single season mark of 6094 7 Ted Williams has the highest career on base percentage in MLB history led the American League in 12 seasons also a record and held the single season on base percentage record for 61 years Players are eligible for the Hall of Fame if they have played at least 10 major league seasons have been either retired for five seasons or deceased for six months and have not been banned from MLB 8 These requirements leave 6 living players ineligible who have played in the past 5 seasons 5 players Bill Joyce Ferris Fain Jake Stenzel Bill Lange and George Selkirk who did not play 10 seasons in MLB and Shoeless Joe Jackson who was banned for his role in the Black Sox Scandal 9 Contents 1 Key 2 List 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksKey editRank Rank amongst leaders in career on base percentage A blank field indicates a tie Player Name of the player OBP Total career on base percentage Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame Bold Denotes active player note 1 List edit nbsp Juan Soto the active leader and 19th all time in career on base percentage Stats updated as of May 1 2024 Rank Player OBP 1 Ted Williams 4817 2 Babe Ruth 4739 3 John McGraw 4657 4 Billy Hamilton 4552 5 Oscar Charleston 4487 6 Lou Gehrig 4474 7 Barry Bonds 4443 8 Jud Wilson 4351 9 Bill Joyce 4349 10 Rogers Hornsby 4337 11 Ty Cobb 4330 12 Jimmie Foxx 4283 13 Tris Speaker 4279 14 Eddie Collins 4244 15 Ferris Fain 4241 16 Dan Brouthers 4234 17 Max Bishop 4230 18 Shoeless Joe Jackson 4227 19 Juan Soto 4219 20 Mickey Mantle 4205 21 Mickey Cochrane 4192 22 Frank Thomas 4192 23 Edgar Martinez 4178 24 Turkey Stearnes 4174 25 Stan Musial 4167 26 Cupid Childs 4157 27 Wade Boggs 4150 28 Jesse Burkett 4149 29 Todd Helton 4140 Mel Ott 4140 31 Roy Thomas 4135 32 Lefty O Doul 4133 33 Hank Greenberg 4118 34 Ed Delahanty 4113 35 Manny Ramirez 4106 36 Mike Trout 4105 37 Mule Suttles 4100 38 Charlie Keller 4099 39 Jackie Robinson 4098 Eddie Stanky 4098 41 Harry Heilmann 4095 42 Joey Votto 4094 43 Roy Cullenbine 4082 45 Jake Stenzel 4078 46 Jeff Bagwell 4076 46 Denny Lyons 4074 Willie Wells 4074 48 Riggs Stephenson 4065 49 Lance Berkman 4060 50 Arky Vaughan 4058 Rank Player OBP 51 Joe Harris 4044 52 Paul Waner 4043 53 Charlie Gehringer 4036 54 Joe Cunningham 4035 55 Pete Browning 4028 56 Lu Blue 4022 57 Jim Thome 4019 58 Joe Kelley 4017 59 Rickey Henderson 4012 60 Chipper Jones 4011 61 Larry Walker 4002 62 Bill Lange 4001 63 Brian Giles 3998 George Selkirk 3998 65 Luke Appling 3994 66 Jason Giambi 3993 67 Nick Johnson 3989 68 Ross Youngs 3985 69 Joe DiMaggio 3983 Elmer Valo 3983 71 Ralph Kiner 3980 John Olerud 3980 73 Mike Smith 3977 74 Ed Morgan 3975 75 Johnny Mize 3971 76 Earle Combs 3969 Roger Connor 3969 78 John Kruk 3966 79 Richie Ashburn 3964 80 Mike Hargrove 3958 81 Hack Wilson 3951 82 Bobby Abreu 3950 83 Hurley McNair 3948 84 Earl Averill 3947 85 Johnny Pesky 3943 86 Mark McGwire 3941 87 Cap Anson 3940 Cool Papa Bell 3940 Frank Chance 3940 Stan Hack 3940 Eddie Yost 3940 92 Aaron Judge 3933 Ken Williams 3933 94 Wally Schang 3931 95 Rod Carew 3930 Gary Sheffield 3930 97 Bob Johnson 3928 98 Bill Terry 3927 99 George Grantham 3924 Tip O Neill 3924See also edit nbsp Baseball portal List of Major League Baseball career batting average leaders List of Major League Baseball career slugging percentage leaders List of Major League Baseball career OPS leadersNotes edit A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season References edit Official Rules 10 00 The Official Scorer MLB com Retrieved January 15 2010 Verducci Tom April 5 2004 Smart Stats Dumb Stats CNN Sports Illustrated Retrieved January 14 2010 Lewis Michael 2003 Moneyball The Art of Winning an Unfair Game United States W W Norton amp Company Inc p 127 ISBN 0 393 05765 8 a b Ted Williams Statistics and History Baseball Reference com Retrieved January 14 2010 a b Yearly League Leaders amp Records for On Base Baseball Reference com Retrieved January 14 2010 Barry Bonds Statistics and History Baseball Reference com Retrieved January 14 2010 a b Single Season Leaders amp Records for On Base Baseball Reference com Retrieved January 14 2010 Rules for Election BBWAA National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Retrieved June 21 2010 Neyer Rob August 2 2001 Say it ain t so for Joe and the Hall ESPN Classic ESPN Internet Ventures Retrieved January 15 2010 External links edit Career Leaders amp Records for On Base Baseball Reference com Retrieved August 10 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of Major League Baseball career on base percentage leaders amp oldid 1221884016, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
