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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Hitting statistic in baseball</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1939_Ted_Williams.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/1939_Ted_Williams.png/220px-1939_Ted_Williams.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/1939_Ted_Williams.png/330px-1939_Ted_Williams.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/1939_Ted_Williams.png/440px-1939_Ted_Williams.png 2x" data-file-width="2006" data-file-height="2767" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a> is the all-time <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> leader in on-base percentage.</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Baseball_statistics" title="Baseball statistics">baseball statistics</a>, <b>on-base percentage</b> (<b>OBP</b>) measures how frequently a <a href="/wiki/Batting_(baseball)" title="Batting (baseball)">batter</a> reaches <a href="/wiki/Base_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Base (baseball)">base</a>. An official <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> (MLB) statistic since 1984, it is sometimes referred to as <b>on-base average</b> (<b>OBA</b>),<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as it is rarely presented as a true <a href="/wiki/Percentage" title="Percentage">percentage</a>. </p><p>Generally defined as "how frequently a batter reaches base per <a href="/wiki/Plate_appearance" title="Plate appearance">plate appearance</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-Glossary_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Glossary-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> OBP is specifically calculated as the ratio of a batter's <a href="/wiki/Times_on_base" title="Times on base">times on base</a> (the sum of <a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">hits</a>, <a href="/wiki/Base_on_balls" title="Base on balls">bases on balls</a>, and times <a href="/wiki/Hit_by_pitch" title="Hit by pitch">hit by pitch</a>) to the sum of <a href="/wiki/At_bat" title="At bat">at bats</a>, bases on balls, hit by pitch, and <a href="/wiki/Sacrifice_fly" title="Sacrifice fly">sacrifice flies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Glossary_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Glossary-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> OBP does not credit the batter for reaching base on <a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">fielding errors</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fielder%27s_choice" title="Fielder's choice">fielder's choice</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uncaught_third_strike" title="Uncaught third strike">uncaught third strikes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Obstruction_(baseball)" title="Obstruction (baseball)">fielder's obstruction</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Catcher%27s_interference" class="mw-redirect" title="Catcher's interference">catcher's interference</a>. </p><p>OBP is added to <a href="/wiki/Slugging_average" class="mw-redirect" title="Slugging average">slugging average</a> (SLG) to determine <a href="/wiki/On-base_plus_slugging" title="On-base plus slugging">on-base plus slugging</a> (OPS). </p><p>The OBP of all batters faced by one pitcher or team is referred to as "on-base against". </p><p>On-base percentage is calculable for professional teams dating back to the first year of <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Professional_Base_Ball_Players" title="National Association of Professional Base Ball Players">National Association of Professional Base Ball Players</a> competition in 1871,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> because the component values of its formula have been recorded in <a href="/wiki/Box_score_(baseball)" title="Box score (baseball)">box scores</a> ever since. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=On-base_percentage&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The statistic was invented in the late 1940s by <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> statistician <a href="/wiki/Allan_Roth" title="Allan Roth">Allan Roth</a> with then-Dodgers general manager <a href="/wiki/Branch_Rickey" title="Branch Rickey">Branch Rickey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1954, Rickey, who was then the general manager of the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>, was featured in a <a href="/wiki/Life_(magazine)" title="Life (magazine)">Life Magazine</a> graphic in which the formula for on-base percentage was shown as the first component of an all-encompassing "offense" equation.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, it was not named as on-base percentage, and there is little evidence that Roth's statistic was taken seriously at the time by the baseball community at large.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On-base percentage became an official MLB statistic in 1984. Its perceived importance jumped after the influential 2003 book <i><a href="/wiki/Moneyball:_The_Art_of_Winning_an_Unfair_Game" title="Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game">Moneyball</a></i> highlighted <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> general manager <a href="/wiki/Billy_Beane" title="Billy Beane">Billy Beane</a>'s focus on the statistic.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many baseball observers, particularly those influenced by the field of <a href="/wiki/Sabermetrics" title="Sabermetrics">sabermetrics</a>, now consider on-base percentage superior to the statistic traditionally used to measure offensive skill, <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which accounts for hits but ignores other ways a batter can reach base.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=On-base_percentage&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Traditionally, players with the best on-base percentages bat as <a href="/wiki/Leadoff_hitter" title="Leadoff hitter">leadoff hitter</a>, unless they are power hitters, who traditionally bat slightly lower in the <a href="/wiki/Batting_order_(baseball)" title="Batting order (baseball)">batting order</a>. The league average for on-base percentage in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> has varied considerably over time; at its peak in the late 1990s, it was around .340, whereas it was typically .300 during the <a href="/wiki/Dead-ball_era" title="Dead-ball era">dead-ball era</a>. On-base percentage can also vary quite considerably from player to player. The highest career OBP of a batter with more than 3,000 <a href="/wiki/Plate_appearance" title="Plate appearance">plate appearances</a> is .482 by <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a>. The lowest is by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Bergen" title="Bill Bergen">Bill Bergen</a>, who had an OBP of .194. </p><p>On-base percentage is calculated using this formula:<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fangraphs_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fangraphs-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle OBP={\frac {H+BB+HBP}{AB+BB+HBP+SF}}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>O</mi> <mi>B</mi> <mi>P</mi> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mrow> <mi>H</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mi>B</mi> <mi>B</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mi>H</mi> <mi>B</mi> <mi>P</mi> </mrow> <mrow> <mi>A</mi> <mi>B</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mi>B</mi> <mi>B</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mi>H</mi> <mi>B</mi> <mi>P</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mi>S</mi> <mi>F</mi> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle OBP={\frac {H+BB+HBP}{AB+BB+HBP+SF}}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/d497b106820c509fa8baa93f3c42cc5087fb0fea" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.171ex; width:33.587ex; height:5.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle OBP={\frac {H+BB+HBP}{AB+BB+HBP+SF}}}"></span></dd></dl> <p>where </p> <ul><li><i>H</i> = <a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">Hits</a></li> <li><i>BB</i> = <a href="/wiki/Base_on_balls" title="Base on balls">Bases on Balls (Walks)</a></li> <li><i>HBP</i> = <a href="/wiki/Hit_by_pitch" title="Hit by pitch">Hit By Pitch</a></li> <li><i>AB</i> = <a href="/wiki/At_bat" title="At bat">At bat</a></li> <li><i>SF</i> = <a href="/wiki/Sacrifice_fly" title="Sacrifice fly">Sacrifice fly</a></li></ul> <p>In certain unofficial calculations, the denominator is simplified and replaced by <a href="/wiki/Plate_appearance" title="Plate appearance">Plate Appearance</a> (PA); however, the calculation PAs includes certain infrequent events that will slightly lower the calculated OBP (i.e. <a href="/wiki/Catcher%27s_interference" class="mw-redirect" title="Catcher's interference">catcher's interference</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sacrifice_bunt" title="Sacrifice bunt">sacrifice bunts</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-fangraphs_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fangraphs-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sacrifice bunts are excluded from consideration on the basis that they are usually imposed by the manager with the expectation that the batter will not reach base, and thus do not accurately reflect the batter's ability to reach base when attempting to do so. This is in contrast with the sacrifice fly, which is generally unintentional; the batter was trying for a hit.<sup id="cite_ref-Glossary_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Glossary-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="All-time_leaders">All-time leaders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=On-base_percentage&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: All-time leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#E3E3E3" align="center"> <td width="12px"><b>#</b> </td> <td width="135px"><b>Player</b> </td> <td width="50px"><b>OBP</b><sup id="cite_ref-BaseballRefBatAvg_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BaseballRefBatAvg-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td width="450px"><b>Team(s)</b> </td> <td width="140px"><b>Year(s)</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a> </td> <td>.4817 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1939_in_baseball" title="1939 in baseball">1939</a>–<a href="/wiki/1942_in_baseball" title="1942 in baseball">1942</a>, <a href="/wiki/1946_in_baseball" title="1946 in baseball">1946</a>–<a href="/wiki/1960_in_baseball" title="1960 in baseball">1960</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Babe Ruth</a> </td> <td>.4740 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Braves (baseball)">Boston Braves</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1914_in_baseball" title="1914 in baseball">1914</a>–<a href="/wiki/1935_in_baseball" title="1935 in baseball">1935</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_McGraw" title="John McGraw">John McGraw</a> </td> <td>.4657 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles_(1882-1899)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore Orioles (1882-1899)">Baltimore Orioles</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(NL)" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Giants (NL)">New York Giants</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1891_in_baseball" title="1891 in baseball">1891</a>–<a href="/wiki/1906_in_baseball" title="1906 in baseball">1906</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Billy_Hamilton_(baseball,_born_1866)" title="Billy Hamilton (baseball, born 1866)">Billy Hamilton</a> </td> <td>.4552 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Cowboys_(American_Association)" title="Kansas City Cowboys (American Association)">Kansas City Cowboys</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Beaneaters" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Beaneaters">Boston Beaneaters</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1888_in_baseball" title="1888 in baseball">1888</a>–<a href="/wiki/1901_in_baseball" title="1901 in baseball">1901</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lou_Gehrig" title="Lou Gehrig">Lou Gehrig</a> </td> <td>.4474 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1923_in_baseball" title="1923 in baseball">1923</a>–<a href="/wiki/1939_in_baseball" title="1939 in baseball">1939</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barry_Bonds" title="Barry Bonds">Barry Bonds</a> </td> <td>.4443 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1986_in_baseball" title="1986 in baseball">1986</a>–<a href="/wiki/2007_in_baseball" title="2007 in baseball">2007</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Joyce_(baseball)" title="Bill Joyce (baseball)">Bill Joyce</a> </td> <td>.4349 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Ward%27s_Wonders" title="Brooklyn Ward's Wonders">Brooklyn Ward's Wonders</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Reds_(1890%E2%80%931891)" title="Boston Reds (1890–1891)">Boston Reds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Grooms" class="mw-redirect" title="Brooklyn Grooms">Brooklyn Grooms</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1891%E2%80%9399)" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Senators (1891–99)">Washington Senators</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(NL)" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Giants (NL)">New York Giants</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1890_in_baseball" title="1890 in baseball">1890</a>–<a href="/wiki/1898_in_baseball" title="1898 in baseball">1898</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rogers_Hornsby" title="Rogers Hornsby">Rogers Hornsby</a> </td> <td>.4337 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(NL)" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Giants (NL)">New York Giants</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Braves (baseball)">Boston Braves</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles#St._Louis_Browns" title="Baltimore Orioles">St. Louis Browns</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1915_in_baseball" title="1915 in baseball">1915</a>–<a href="/wiki/1937_in_baseball" title="1937 in baseball">1937</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a> </td> <td>.4330 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1905_in_baseball" title="1905 in baseball">1905</a>–<a href="/wiki/1928_in_baseball" title="1928 in baseball">1928</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Foxx" title="Jimmie Foxx">Jimmie Foxx</a> </td> <td>.4283 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1925_in_baseball" title="1925 in baseball">1925</a>–<a href="/wiki/1942_in_baseball" title="1942 in baseball">1942</a>, <a href="/wiki/1944_in_baseball" title="1944 in baseball">1944</a>–<a href="/wiki/1945_in_baseball" title="1945 in baseball">1945</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tris_Speaker" title="Tris Speaker">Tris Speaker</a> </td> <td>.4279 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1907_in_baseball" title="1907 in baseball">1907</a>–<a href="/wiki/1928_in_baseball" title="1928 in baseball">1928</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Collins" title="Eddie Collins">Eddie Collins</a> </td> <td>.4244 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1906_in_baseball" title="1906 in baseball">1906</a>–<a href="/wiki/1930_in_baseball" title="1930 in baseball">1930</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Single-season_leaders">Single-season leaders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=On-base_percentage&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Single-season leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#E3E3E3" align="center"> <td width="12px"><b>#</b> </td> <td width="135px"><b>Player</b> </td> <td width="60px"><b>OBP</b><sup id="cite_ref-SingleSeasonOBP_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SingleSeasonOBP-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td width="175px"><b>Team</b> </td> <td width="70px"><b>Year</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barry_Bonds" title="Barry Bonds">Barry Bonds</a> </td> <td>.6094 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_in_baseball" title="2004 in baseball">2004</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barry_Bonds" title="Barry Bonds">Barry Bonds</a> </td> <td>.5817 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2002_in_baseball" title="2002 in baseball">2002</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a> </td> <td>.5528 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1941_in_baseball" title="1941 in baseball">1941</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_McGraw" title="John McGraw">John McGraw</a> </td> <td>.5475 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1899_in_baseball" title="1899 in baseball">1899</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Babe Ruth</a> </td> <td>.5445 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1923_in_baseball" title="1923 in baseball">1923</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Babe Ruth</a> </td> <td>.5319 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1920_in_baseball" title="1920 in baseball">1920</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barry_Bonds" title="Barry Bonds">Barry Bonds</a> </td> <td>.5291 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2003_in_baseball" title="2003 in baseball">2003</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a> 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