Ted Williams has the highest career on-base percentage by a player younger than 26 when making >2,000 plate appearances, with an on-base percentage of .481.
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highest obp by a player before turning 26 years old with more than 2000 pa| NAME | OBP | PA | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | SB | CS | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | AVG | SLG | OPS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | T. Williams | .481 | 2,613 | 586 | 2,104 | 541 | 749 | 154 | 33 | 127 | 515 | 493 | 12 | 196 | 11 | 1,350 | 314 | 4 | 45 | .356 | .642 | 1.122 | |||
| 2 |  | F. Thomas | .447 | 2,533 | 574 | 2,028 | 411 | 657 | 138 | 7 | 121 | 428 | 463 | 11 | 331 | 11 | 8 | 1,172 | 266 | 0 | 31 | 45 | 57 | .324 | .578 | 1.024 |
| 3 |  | L. Gehrig | .439 | 2,867 | 666 | 2,382 | 554 | 813 | 185 | 65 | 129 | 560 | 403 | 11 | 307 | 28 | 1,515 | 379 | 71 | .341 | .636 | 1.075 | ||||
| 4 |  | T. Cobb | .436 | 3,152 | 732 | 2,809 | 576 | 1,072 | 181 | 90 | 36 | 240 | 29 | 324 | 1,541 | 307 | 74 | .382 | .549 | .984 | ||||||
| 5 |  | J. Foxx | .435 | 3,940 | 959 | 3,323 | 737 | 1,127 | 196 | 66 | 222 | 831 | 557 | 6 | 470 | 31 | 2,121 | 484 | 54 | .339 | .638 | 1.073 | ||||
| 6 | | P. Waner | .433 | 2,025 | 451 | 1,761 | 357 | 640 | 127 | 59 | 23 | 299 | 204 | 12 | 49 | 22 | 954 | 209 | 48 | .363 | .542 | .975 | ||||
| 7 |  | M. Mantle | .427 | 4,114 | 952 | 3,418 | 762 | 1,080 | 164 | 49 | 207 | 669 | 668 | 5 | 655 | 58 | 21 | 1,963 | 420 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 26 | .316 | .574 | 1.001 |
| 8 |  | S. Musial | .426 | 2,655 | 611 | 2,323 | 439 | 812 | 185 | 64 | 52 | 356 | 299 | 12 | 104 | 30 | 1,281 | 301 | 21 | 34 | .350 | .551 | .978 | |||
| 9 | | A. Vaughan | .424 | 3,712 | 849 | 3,164 | 572 | 1,057 | 166 | 78 | 58 | 502 | 467 | 26 | 149 | 40 | 1,553 | 302 | 55 | .334 | .491 | .915 | ||||
| 10 |  | J. Soto | .421 | 4,087 | 936 | 3,280 | 655 | 934 | 179 | 15 | 201 | 592 | 769 | 16 | 696 | 57 | 23 | 1,746 | 395 | 2 | 20 | 67 | 84 | .285 | .532 | .953 |
| 11 | | C. Keller | .420 | 2,310 | 528 | 1,898 | 389 | 566 | 83 | 38 | 90 | 397 | 394 | 3 | 235 | 34 | 995 | 211 | 15 | 23 | .298 | .524 | .944 | |||
| 12 | | E. Collins | .417 | 3,031 | 705 | 2,570 | 470 | 869 | 117 | 58 | 10 | 320 | 30 | 261 | 1,132 | 185 | 111 | .338 | .440 | .858 | ||||||
| 13 |  | A. Pujols | .416 | 3,428 | 790 | 2,954 | 629 | 982 | 227 | 11 | 201 | 621 | 401 | 44 | 344 | 29 | 15 | 1,834 | 439 | 1 | 28 | 70 | 94 | .332 | .621 | 1.037 |
| 14 | | T. Speaker | .415 | 3,230 | 750 | 2,800 | 495 | 955 | 171 | 75 | 35 | 311 | 44 | 197 | 1,381 | 281 | 75 | .341 | .493 | .908 | ||||||
| 15 |  | M. Ott | .412 | 4,649 | 1,136 | 3,949 | 799 | 1,249 | 224 | 41 | 211 | 848 | 625 | 21 | 301 | 38 | 2,188 | 476 | 54 | .316 | .554 | .966 | ||||
| 16 | | J. Sewell | .411 | 2,793 | 635 | 2,347 | 392 | 755 | 154 | 35 | 13 | 407 | 329 | 28 | 68 | 30 | 1,018 | 202 | 89 | .322 | .434 | .845 | ||||
| 17 |  | M. Trout | .410 | 3,856 | 878 | 3,236 | 651 | 999 | 191 | 39 | 190 | 548 | 529 | 52 | 841 | 156 | 29 | 1,838 | 420 | 0 | 39 | 58 | 43 | .309 | .568 | .978 |
| 18 | | J. Kendall | .404 | 2,318 | 570 | 1,974 | 333 | 619 | 128 | 17 | 36 | 227 | 219 | 95 | 201 | 84 | 23 | 889 | 181 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 41 | .314 | .450 | .854 |
| 19 | | H. Clift | .404 | 3,054 | 690 | 2,549 | 530 | 739 | 145 | 36 | 94 | 389 | 461 | 25 | 331 | 34 | 1,238 | 275 | 19 | .290 | .486 | .889 | ||||
| 20 |  | J. DiMaggio | .402 | 3,117 | 686 | 2,827 | 613 | 970 | 171 | 58 | 168 | 690 | 261 | 18 | 147 | 17 | 1,761 | 397 | 11 | 27 | .343 | .623 | 1.025 | |||
| 21 |  | R. Henderson | .400 | 3,488 | 791 | 2,916 | 586 | 850 | 129 | 29 | 51 | 271 | 520 | 20 | 416 | 493 | 138 | 1,190 | 209 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 40 | .291 | .408 | .808 |
| 22 | | B. Goodman | .400 | 2,171 | 512 | 1,870 | 302 | 584 | 109 | 12 | 5 | 241 | 262 | 12 | 129 | 16 | 5 | 732 | 126 | 27 | 52 | .312 | .391 | .792 | ||
| 23 | | J. Mauer | .399 | 2,388 | 561 | 2,059 | 325 | 653 | 128 | 14 | 44 | 301 | 292 | 7 | 233 | 30 | 6 | 941 | 186 | 3 | 27 | 51 | 66 | .317 | .457 | .856 |
| 24 |  | R. Hornsby | .399 | 3,623 | 869 | 3,221 | 509 | 1,087 | 169 | 90 | 59 | 301 | 29 | 289 | 85 | 1,613 | 318 | 72 | .337 | .501 | .900 | |||||
| 25 | | R. Youngs | .399 | 3,031 | 701 | 2,635 | 435 | 858 | 134 | 58 | 19 | 298 | 23 | 252 | 91 | 1,165 | 211 | 75 | .326 | .442 | .841 | |||||
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