Before 2022, John Hanna had the lowest on-base percentage, with an on-base percentage of .167.

Interpreted as:

lowest obp with a minimum of 1.55 PA per team game by a player before 2022

	NAME	OBP	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	GIDP	AVG	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	John Hanna J. Hanna	.167	45	143	14	18	2	1	0		6	1				150	22	3			.126	.154	.321	7	-14.5	.155	35	-14.7
2	Fleury Sullivan F. Sullivan	.175	54	189	14	29	2	1	0		5	0				194	33	3			.153	.175	.350	11	-17.2	.165	39	-17.7
3	Ed Dugan E. Dugan	.184	22	70	4	8	0	0	0		5	1				76	8	0			.114	.114	.298	4	-7.3	.155	32	-7.7
4	John Humphries J. Humphries	.188	98	364	34	52	3	0	0		19					384	55	3			.143	.151	.339	22	-35	.166	40	-36.4
5	Bill Bergen B. Bergen	.194	947	3,028	138	516	45	21	2	193	88	0	421	23		3,228	609	68	112		.170	.201	.395	80	-266.4	.192	22	-287.6
6	Joseph Moffet J. Moffet	.209	56	204	17	41	5	3	0		2	0				206	52	8			.201	.255	.464	19	-10.9	.211	60	-12.3
7	Pud Galvin P. Galvin	.214	718	2,702	270	546	85	30	5	98	38	2	48	20		2,742	706	120			.202	.261	.475	230	-162.3	.219	57	-178.2
8	Will White W. White	.215	403	1,478	167	271	28	7	1	11	56			0		1,537	316	36			.183	.214	.429	127	-88.5	.201	59	-89.5
9	Chappy Lane C. Lane	.220	114	426	52	86	16	7	4		8					436	128	27			.202	.300	.521	48	-14.2	.235	75	-15.2
10	Ike Benners I. Benners	.222	55	211	25	39	11	5	1		8	2				221	63	17			.185	.299	.520	25	-7.2	.237	75	-7.9
11	John Cahill J. Cahill	.227	252	936	93	192	24	12	1	58	24	1		50		963	243	37			.205	.260	.487	86	-60.2	.229	60	-62
12	Snake Deal S. Deal	.228	65	231	13	48	4	3	0	21	6	0	28	15		243	58	7	6		.208	.251	.479	12	-11.6	.233	43	-14.7
13	Bill Holbert B. Holbert	.228	623	2,335	182	486	41	7	0	59	58	1		16		2,396	541	48			.208	.232	.460	210	-133.3	.216	60	-141.6
14	Mert Hackett M. Hackett	.231	256	939	87	203	42	15	8	39	16	2		5		957	299	65			.216	.318	.549	108	-34.9	.249	71	-43.3
15	Charlie Levis C. Levis	.234	92	390	61	88	11	4	5	0	3					394	122	20			.226	.313	.546	48	-9.9	.247	79	-11.6
16	Harry Sage H. Sage	.235	81	275	40	41	8	4	2	25	29	2		10		306	63	14			.149	.229	.464	21	-25.7	.235	45	-25.8
17	Sam Crane S. Crane	.237	373	1,359	183	276	30	18	3	43	60	1		25		1,420	351	51			.203	.258	.496	141	-66.8	.233	67	-69.4
18	Joe Battin J. Battin	.238	360	1,435	153	313	34	21	3	13	37	0		8		1,473	398	58			.218	.277	.516	161	-56.9	.238	77	-50
19	Ed Kennedy E. Kennedy	.239	299	1,105	142	225	20	13	5	23	47			1		1,157	286	38			.204	.259	.498	122	-46.5	.233	73	-45.6
20	Al Cihocki A. Cihocki	.241	92	283	21	60	9	3	0	24	11	0	48	2	1	307	75	12	13	5	.212	.265	.507	14	-19.3	.242	46	-18.2
21	Fred Raymer F. Raymer	.242	371	1,380	95	301	40	7	1	101	32	11	132	50		1,462	358	48	39		.218	.259	.501	91	-73.2	.241	53	-81.9
22	George Bradley G. Bradley	.242	507	2,004	244	456	57	35	3	1	39	0		2		2,043	592	95			.228	.295	.538	235	-54.9	.245	80	-57.6
23	George Strief G. Strief	.243	362	1,359	144	282	50	14	5	27	64					1,423	375	69			.208	.276	.519	161	-43.7	.240	78	-45.6
24	Kid Baldwin K. Baldwin	.243	441	1,677	186	371	56	27	7	178	36	11		40		1,726	502	90			.221	.299	.543	178	-79.8	.253	67	-87
25	Harry Wheeler H. Wheeler	.244	257	1,122	152	256	29	21	2		23					1,145	333	52			.228	.297	.540	135	-30.4	.245	85	-24.9