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1942 NL On-Base Percentage Leaders

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Elbie Fletcher led the NL in on-base percentage in 1942 with .417, 2 points ahead of Mel Ott (.415). It was one of 3 times Elbie Fletcher led in on-base percentage.

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Elbie Fletcher Led the NL in 1942 Elbie Fletcher Pittsburgh Pirates
.417 On-Base Percentage .002 clear of Mel Ott
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# Player Team OBP G AB H BB
1 Elbie Fletcher Elbie Fletcher PIT .417 145 506 146 105
2 Mel Ott Mel Ott NY1 .415 152 549 162 109
3 Enos Slaughter Enos Slaughter SLN .412 152 591 188 88
4 Stan Hack Stan Hack CHN .402 140 553 166 94
5 Stan Musial Stan Musial SLN .397 140 467 147 62
6 Bill Nicholson CHN .382 152 588 173 76
7 Johnny Mize Johnny Mize NY1 .380 142 541 165 60
8 Pete Reiser Pete Reiser BRO .375 125 480 149 48
9 Lonny Frey Lonny Frey CIN .373 141 523 139 87
10 Dolph Camilli Dolph Camilli BRO .372 150 524 132 97
11 Phil Cavarretta Phil Cavarretta CHN .365 136 482 130 71
12 Terry Moore Terry Moore SLN .364 130 489 141 56
13 Bob Elliott Bob Elliott PIT .358 143 560 166 52
14 Nick Etten Nick Etten PHI .357 139 459 121 67
15 Max West Max West BSN .354 134 452 115 68
16 Tommy Holmes Tommy Holmes BSN .353 141 558 155 64
17 Pee Wee Reese Pee Wee Reese BRO .350 151 564 144 82
18 Arky Vaughan Arky Vaughan BRO .348 128 495 137 51
19 Marty Marion Marty Marion SLN .343 147 485 134 48
20 Billy Herman Billy Herman BRO .339 155 571 146 72
21 Joe Medwick Joe Medwick BRO .338 142 553 166 32
22 Lou Novikoff Lou Novikoff CHN .337 128 483 145 24
23 Frank McCormick Frank McCormick CIN .332 145 564 156 45
24 Mickey Owen Mickey Owen BRO .330 133 421 109 44
25 Billy Jurges Billy Jurges NY1 .324 127 464 119 43
26 Jimmy Brown Jimmy Brown SLN .315 145 606 155 52
27 Vince DiMaggio Vince DiMaggio PIT .311 143 496 118 52
28 Danny Murtaugh Danny Murtaugh PHI .311 144 506 122 49
29 Danny Litwhiler Danny Litwhiler PHI .310 151 591 160 27
30 Bert Haas CIN .310 154 585 140 59
31 Lennie Merullo Lennie Merullo CHN .310 143 515 132 35
32 Eddie Joost Eddie Joost CIN .307 142 562 126 62
33 Mickey Witek Mickey Witek NY1 .306 148 553 144 36
34 Nanny Fernandez Nanny Fernandez BSN .303 145 577 147 38
35 Max Marshall Max Marshall CIN .301 131 530 135 34
36 Sibby Sisti Sibby Sisti BSN .296 129 407 86 45
37 Pete Coscarart PIT .288 133 487 111 38
38 Eddie Miller Eddie Miller BSN .279 142 534 130 22
39 Al Glossop PHI .273 121 454 102 29