Career On Base Percentage Leaders - Minimum 500 Plate Appearances
| Rank | Player | PA | H | R | AVG | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SB | CS | SB% | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Babe Ruth | 1256 | 296 | 231 | .314 | 47 | 12 | 84 | 224 | 314 | 4 | 1 | 80.0% | .486 | .657 | 1.143 |
| 2 | Ted Williams | 763 | 181 | 130 | .312 | 33 | 2 | 38 | 96 | 183 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | .477 | .572 | 1.049 |
| 3 | Bryce Harper | 662 | 168 | 127 | .320 | 31 | 1 | 50 | 123 | 137 | 5 | 0 | 100.0% | .461 | .669 | 1.129 |
| 4 | Jud Wilson | 668 | 215 | 103 | .373 | 35 | 7 | 21 | 114 | 91 | 1 | 2 | 33.3% | .458 | .567 | 1.025 |
| 5 | Ty Cobb | 643 | 179 | 93 | .338 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 82 | 114 | 18 | 22 | 45.0% | .456 | .471 | .926 |
| 6 | Jim Gentile | 622 | 139 | 114 | .290 | 22 | 1 | 45 | 112 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | .453 | .622 | 1.076 |
| Mickey Mantle | 671 | 139 | 141 | .275 | 22 | 2 | 45 | 114 | 165 | 6 | 1 | 85.7% | .453 | .593 | 1.046 | |
| 8 | Jim Thome | 580 | 154 | 94 | .326 | 30 | 0 | 47 | 106 | 108 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | .452 | .689 | 1.140 |
| 9 | Enos Slaughter | 726 | 225 | 131 | .361 | 44 | 6 | 10 | 106 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | .450 | .498 | .949 |
| 10 | Stan Musial | 892 | 230 | 148 | .318 | 49 | 11 | 45 | 154 | 168 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | .446 | .602 | 1.048 |
| 11 | Jimmie Foxx | 842 | 239 | 136 | .339 | 33 | 15 | 38 | 132 | 136 | 4 | 0 | 100.0% | .445 | .589 | 1.035 |
| 12 | Joey Votto | 720 | 154 | 109 | .278 | 26 | 1 | 24 | 76 | 166 | 11 | 1 | 91.7% | .444 | .458 | .903 |
| 13 | Rod Carew | 1286 | 414 | 242 | .365 | 63 | 17 | 12 | 134 | 153 | 75 | 8 | 90.4% | .441 | .483 | .924 |
| 14 | Lou Gehrig | 1477 | 401 | 274 | .325 | 63 | 30 | 83 | 274 | 245 | 3 | 4 | 42.9% | .437 | .627 | 1.065 |
| 15 | Larry Walker | 680 | 202 | 133 | .345 | 58 | 3 | 42 | 112 | 94 | 12 | 0 | 100.0% | .435 | .669 | 1.104 |
| Norm Cash | 747 | 192 | 129 | .313 | 20 | 7 | 48 | 120 | 133 | 8 | 1 | 88.9% | .435 | .603 | 1.038 | |
| 17 | Miguel Cabrera | 525 | 136 | 84 | .314 | 25 | 1 | 22 | 77 | 92 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | .434 | .529 | .963 |
| 18 | Paul Goldschmidt | 630 | 179 | 111 | .334 | 25 | 2 | 30 | 93 | 94 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | .433 | .556 | .989 |
| Frank Thomas | 644 | 171 | 113 | .319 | 40 | 0 | 41 | 132 | 108 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% | .433 | .623 | 1.056 | |
| Ken Williams | 506 | 159 | 82 | .357 | 19 | 10 | 18 | 66 | 60 | 15 | 7 | 68.2% | .433 | .565 | .998 | |
| 21 | Wally Moon | 565 | 139 | 99 | .302 | 27 | 2 | 14 | 55 | 104 | 2 | 3 | 40.0% | .430 | .460 | .890 |
| Mike Piazza | 635 | 197 | 106 | .352 | 38 | 0 | 46 | 117 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 100.0% | .430 | .667 | 1.097 | |
| 23 | Rocky Colavito | 648 | 156 | 105 | .297 | 28 | 1 | 49 | 148 | 122 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | .429 | .633 | 1.062 |
| Ralph Kiner | 711 | 152 | 105 | .272 | 17 | 7 | 45 | 102 | 153 | 2 | 2 | 50.0% | .429 | .570 | .999 | |
| Willard Brown | 625 | 180 | 108 | .335 | 41 | 8 | 31 | 125 | 88 | 3 | 2 | 60.0% | .429 | .615 | 1.043 | |
| 26 | Sam West | 577 | 181 | 92 | .354 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 78 | 66 | 1 | 4 | 20.0% | .428 | .509 | .937 |
| 27 | Arky Vaughan | 720 | 190 | 114 | .315 | 45 | 5 | 8 | 111 | 117 | 10 | 5 | 66.7% | .426 | .446 | .872 |
| 28 | Harmon Killebrew | 647 | 151 | 111 | .288 | 23 | 7 | 51 | 106 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | .423 | .651 | 1.074 |
| 29 | Barry Bonds | 695 | 142 | 120 | .261 | 21 | 5 | 40 | 89 | 151 | 6 | 5 | 54.5% | .422 | .539 | .960 |
| 30 | Thomas Richardson | 735 | 219 | 106 | .340 | 36 | 6 | 11 | 113 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | .420 | .465 | .886 |
| Earl Averill | 696 | 177 | 116 | .305 | 37 | 5 | 34 | 112 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | .420 | .561 | .981 | |
| 32 | David Justice | 568 | 163 | 87 | .331 | 32 | 1 | 29 | 100 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | .419 | .576 | .995 |
| Jose Cruz | 673 | 206 | 126 | .345 | 34 | 9 | 17 | 69 | 76 | 48 | 9 | 84.2% | .419 | .518 | .937 | |
| Turkey Stearnes | 1356 | 416 | 249 | .346 | 83 | 40 | 51 | 230 | 152 | 34 | 3 | 91.9% | .419 | .608 | 1.027 | |
| 35 | Harry Heilmann | 614 | 176 | 93 | .330 | 44 | 8 | 5 | 77 | 80 | 2 | 2 | 50.0% | .417 | .470 | .887 |
| 36 | Reggie Smith | 1035 | 284 | 174 | .320 | 53 | 9 | 55 | 162 | 147 | 1 | 4 | 20.0% | .416 | .586 | 1.002 |
| Joe Morgan | 1096 | 268 | 200 | .295 | 45 | 3 | 39 | 167 | 188 | 63 | 13 | 82.9% | .416 | .480 | .896 | |
| 38 | George Kell | 605 | 163 | 72 | .315 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 69 | 88 | 6 | 0 | 100.0% | .415 | .435 | .850 |
| Pee Wee Reese | 784 | 212 | 134 | .316 | 29 | 5 | 18 | 83 | 113 | 15 | 4 | 78.9% | .415 | .455 | .869 | |
| 40 | Eddie Mathews | 618 | 154 | 107 | .298 | 28 | 3 | 28 | 104 | 102 | 13 | 3 | 81.3% | .414 | .527 | .941 |
| Dick Seay | 669 | 177 | 105 | .311 | 51 | 5 | 20 | 119 | 100 | 9 | 5 | 64.3% | .414 | .524 | .938 | |
| 42 | Rogers Hornsby | 705 | 183 | 106 | .307 | 28 | 10 | 20 | 86 | 108 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | .413 | .487 | .900 |
| Willie Mays | 630 | 160 | 102 | .302 | 34 | 2 | 37 | 102 | 100 | 4 | 1 | 80.0% | .413 | .583 | .996 | |
| 44 | Bob Higginson | 624 | 163 | 103 | .308 | 30 | 7 | 28 | 94 | 94 | 10 | 0 | 100.0% | .412 | .549 | .961 |
| George Giles | 641 | 181 | 110 | .324 | 54 | 14 | 2 | 95 | 83 | 12 | 5 | 70.6% | .412 | .482 | .894 | |
| 46 | J.t. Snow | 531 | 138 | 71 | .305 | 43 | 3 | 24 | 85 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | .409 | .573 | .982 |
| 47 | Mickey Cochrane | 1079 | 298 | 149 | .318 | 51 | 14 | 11 | 129 | 142 | 5 | 5 | 50.0% | .408 | .438 | .845 |
| 48 | Vada Pinson | 718 | 235 | 117 | .356 | 33 | 7 | 15 | 96 | 57 | 23 | 5 | 82.1% | .407 | .495 | .901 |
| Al Simmons | 1109 | 351 | 182 | .348 | 71 | 13 | 24 | 170 | 100 | 7 | 3 | 70.0% | .407 | .515 | .922 | |
| 50 | Paul Waner | 723 | 205 | 127 | .323 | 32 | 23 | 14 | 92 | 88 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | .405 | .512 | .917 |
| Tony Gwynn | 632 | 220 | 99 | .369 | 51 | 4 | 5 | 68 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 50.0% | .405 | .493 | .898 | |
| Lazaro Salazar | 751 | 216 | 133 | .326 | 74 | 7 | 17 | 110 | 88 | 13 | 1 | 92.9% | .405 | .535 | .940 | |
| 53 | Mike Hargrove | 1062 | 264 | 111 | .294 | 32 | 4 | 12 | 120 | 165 | 0 | 6 | 0.0% | .404 | .379 | .783 |
| 54 | Superman Pennington | 506 | 124 | 101 | .290 | 18 | 10 | 24 | 91 | 79 | 8 | 3 | 72.7% | .401 | .548 | .949 |
| Piper Davis | 686 | 194 | 126 | .321 | 44 | 12 | 25 | 89 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | .401 | .557 | .958 | |
| Ron Fairly | 686 | 156 | 94 | .275 | 35 | 5 | 25 | 91 | 119 | 0 | 4 | 0.0% | .401 | .487 | .888 | |
| 57 | Ken Griffey Sr. | 665 | 183 | 104 | .314 | 39 | 8 | 18 | 107 | 83 | 12 | 0 | 100.0% | .400 | .502 | .902 |
| 58 | Roger Maris | 649 | 161 | 122 | .292 | 19 | 8 | 63 | 126 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | .399 | .699 | 1.098 |
| Kiddo Davis | 870 | 237 | 133 | .312 | 44 | 8 | 20 | 129 | 110 | 12 | 6 | 66.7% | .399 | .470 | .869 | |
| 60 | Luke Appling | 1183 | 325 | 161 | .313 | 54 | 11 | 7 | 119 | 146 | 5 | 8 | 38.5% | .398 | .407 | .805 |
| 61 | Charlie Gehringer | 1317 | 398 | 223 | .334 | 82 | 22 | 23 | 189 | 125 | 15 | 5 | 75.0% | .397 | .497 | .895 |
| Al Bumbry | 590 | 195 | 92 | .354 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 50 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 75.0% | .397 | .459 | .856 | |
| 63 | Sam Leslie | 680 | 187 | 91 | .313 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 83 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | .396 | .410 | .805 |
| Martin Dihigo | 685 | 186 | 139 | .310 | 42 | 6 | 41 | 131 | 85 | 4 | 2 | 66.7% | .396 | .605 | 1.001 | |
| 65 | Tony Clark | 668 | 163 | 86 | .287 | 26 | 2 | 23 | 92 | 101 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | .395 | .462 | .857 |
| Josh Donaldson | 709 | 174 | 106 | .289 | 34 | 3 | 31 | 104 | 106 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | .395 | .509 | .904 | |
| Mark Mcgwire | 674 | 143 | 106 | .260 | 23 | 0 | 57 | 126 | 123 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% | .395 | .612 | 1.006 | |
| Al Kaline | 692 | 186 | 94 | .307 | 41 | 7 | 13 | 79 | 87 | 5 | 0 | 100.0% | .395 | .463 | .857 | |
| 69 | Bruce Bochte | 660 | 198 | 86 | .331 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 63 | 62 | 6 | 3 | 66.7% | .394 | .405 | .799 |
| Edgar Alfonzo | 592 | 163 | 77 | .312 | 33 | 3 | 11 | 60 | 70 | 6 | 1 | 85.7% | .394 | .450 | .844 | |
| 71 | Perico Formental | 615 | 157 | 98 | .296 | 23 | 12 | 20 | 103 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | .393 | .498 | .892 |
| Ken Singleton | 949 | 236 | 123 | .291 | 41 | 1 | 17 | 89 | 137 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | .393 | .406 | .799 | |
| 73 | Len Koenecke | 554 | 138 | 78 | .291 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 77 | 79 | 4 | 2 | 66.7% | .392 | .427 | .819 |
| Johnny Pesky | 720 | 194 | 111 | .307 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 111 | 88 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | .392 | .397 | .789 | |
| 75 | Lyman Bostock | 654 | 205 | 102 | .340 | 38 | 13 | 8 | 65 | 51 | 16 | 2 | 88.9% | .391 | .486 | .877 |
| 76 | Bill Terry | 1291 | 368 | 181 | .318 | 57 | 19 | 28 | 152 | 135 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | .390 | .473 | .863 |
| Greg Luzinski | 729 | 201 | 118 | .311 | 32 | 4 | 44 | 118 | 83 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | .390 | .577 | .967 | |
| 78 | Paul O'neill | 645 | 164 | 75 | .294 | 39 | 1 | 16 | 80 | 87 | 6 | 3 | 66.7% | .389 | .453 | .843 |
| George Grantham | 617 | 156 | 103 | .293 | 30 | 19 | 10 | 47 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | .389 | .477 | .866 | |
| Mike Schmidt | 1121 | 264 | 178 | .278 | 52 | 14 | 64 | 163 | 172 | 15 | 6 | 71.4% | .389 | .565 | .954 | |
| 81 | Oscar Gamble | 842 | 224 | 156 | .303 | 38 | 4 | 62 | 140 | 103 | 4 | 3 | 57.1% | .388 | .617 | 1.005 |
| Keith Hernandez | 629 | 167 | 89 | .303 | 45 | 3 | 17 | 99 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | .388 | .487 | .875 | |
| Jay Johnstone | 583 | 148 | 64 | .293 | 26 | 7 | 15 | 71 | 78 | 1 | 3 | 25.0% | .388 | .461 | .849 | |
| Mel Ott | 823 | 210 | 126 | .294 | 33 | 12 | 25 | 114 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | .388 | .479 | .867 | |
| 85 | Dixie Dukes | 808 | 231 | 113 | .318 | 33 | 17 | 30 | 167 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | .387 | .534 | .922 |
| Ted Simmons | 1082 | 301 | 144 | .312 | 61 | 3 | 57 | 198 | 118 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | .387 | .559 | .946 | |
| Pat H. Kelly | 643 | 165 | 98 | .295 | 27 | 3 | 10 | 81 | 84 | 52 | 7 | 88.1% | .387 | .408 | .795 | |
| Bob Wilson | 687 | 189 | 112 | .310 | 40 | 2 | 16 | 111 | 77 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | .387 | .461 | .848 | |
| Bake Mcbride | 817 | 242 | 157 | .326 | 37 | 7 | 24 | 127 | 74 | 60 | 15 | 80.0% | .387 | .491 | .878 | |
| 90 | Tommy Henrich | 557 | 121 | 82 | .261 | 26 | 3 | 22 | 79 | 94 | 1 | 3 | 25.0% | .386 | .473 | .859 |
| Joe Medwick | 677 | 233 | 118 | .359 | 55 | 27 | 16 | 117 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | .386 | .601 | .986 | |
| 92 | Bill Perkins | 824 | 256 | 140 | .336 | 70 | 22 | 10 | 120 | 61 | 18 | 5 | 78.3% | .385 | .524 | .909 |
| 93 | Darrell Evans | 1017 | 239 | 145 | .276 | 39 | 7 | 37 | 125 | 152 | 8 | 3 | 72.7% | .384 | .466 | .850 |
| Ray Lankford | 555 | 123 | 100 | .265 | 33 | 1 | 30 | 71 | 90 | 17 | 2 | 89.5% | .384 | .533 | .917 | |
| David Ortiz | 516 | 116 | 72 | .267 | 17 | 0 | 40 | 100 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | .384 | .583 | .967 | |
| Chipper Jones | 602 | 152 | 84 | .291 | 40 | 1 | 26 | 93 | 79 | 9 | 2 | 81.8% | .384 | .520 | .904 | |
| 97 | Richie Hebner | 871 | 232 | 112 | .302 | 31 | 12 | 36 | 149 | 102 | 8 | 4 | 66.7% | .383 | .514 | .897 |
| Max Bishop | 880 | 167 | 131 | .235 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 170 | 5 | 4 | 55.6% | .383 | .276 | .659 | |
| 99 | Bernie Williams | 571 | 158 | 75 | .309 | 36 | 7 | 16 | 78 | 60 | 13 | 4 | 76.5% | .382 | .501 | .883 |
| Sam Hairston | 634 | 164 | 81 | .295 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 74 | 78 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | .382 | .397 | .779 |