what hitter had the best on base percentage in the 1948 season

Ted Williams had the best on-base percentage in a season in 1948, with an on-base percentage of .497.

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	NAME	OBP	SEASON	TM	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	Ted Williams T. Williams	.497	1948	BSA	137	509	124	188	44	3	25	127	126	3	41	4	0	638	313	72	0	10	.369	.615	1.112	156	81	.504	184	68.8
2	Lou Boudreau L. Boudreau	.453	1948	CLE	152	560	116	199	34	6	18	106	98	2	9	3	2	676	299	58	16	15	.355	.534	.987	140	60	.455	166	57.5
3	Stan Musial S. Musial	.450	1948	SLN	155	611	135	230	46	18	39	131	79	3	34	7		694	429	103	1	18	.376	.702	1.152	174	92.3	.512	201	86.4
4	Bob Elliott B. Elliott	.423	1948	BSN	151	540	99	153	24	5	23	100	131	0	57	6		675	256	52	4	14	.283	.474	.897	121	41.2	.419	150	41.8
5	Luke Appling L. Appling	.423	1948	CWS	139	497	63	156	16	2	0	47	94	0	35	10	4	594	176	18	3	17	.314	.354	.777	88	17.5	.379	117	13.2
6	Billy Goodman B. Goodman	.414	1948	BSA	127	445	65	138	27	2	1	66	74	5	44	5	3	527	172	30	3	18	.310	.387	.801	80	17.9	.385	111	7.8
7	Ferris Fain F. Fain	.412	1948	PHA	145	520	81	146	27	6	7	88	113	3	37	10	5	644	206	40	8	17	.281	.396	.808	99	23.3	.388	121	17.1
8	Richie Ashburn R. Ashburn	.410	1948	PHN	117	463	78	154	17	4	2	40	60	1	22	32		530	185	23	6	1	.333	.400	.810	81	18.3	.385	127	17.5
9	Enos Slaughter E. Slaughter	.409	1948	SLN	146	549	91	176	27	11	11	90	81	1	29	4		637	258	49	6	11	.321	.470	.879	109	33.6	.409	136	28.1
10	Barney McCosky B. McCosky	.405	1948	PHA	135	515	95	168	21	5	0	46	68	0	22	1	3	605	199	26	22	10	.326	.386	.791	89	17.2	.378	115	11.3
11	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	.396	1948	NYY	153	594	110	190	26	11	39	155	67	8	30	1	1	669	355	76	0	20	.320	.598	.994	134	55.4	.447	158	49.7
12	Johnny Mize J. Mize	.395	1948	NYG	152	560	110	162	26	4	40	125	94	4	37	4		658	316	70	0	7	.289	.564	.959	126	47.9	.435	154	43.8
13	Ken Keltner K. Keltner	.395	1948	CLE	153	558	91	166	24	4	31	119	89	1	52	2	1	656	291	59	8	23	.297	.522	.917	118	40.3	.420	145	37.8
14	Johnny Pesky J. Pesky	.394	1948	BSA	143	565	124	159	26	6	3	55	99	6	32	3	5	677	206	35	7	10	.281	.365	.759	93	13.4	.367	100	0.4
15	Eddie Joost E. Joost	.393	1948	PHA	135	509	99	127	22	2	16	55	119	1	87	2	4	637	201	40	8	4	.250	.395	.788	93	18.1	.378	115	11.9
16	Ralph Kiner R. Kiner	.391	1948	PIT	156	555	104	147	19	5	40	123	112	3	61	1		670	296	64	0	15	.265	.533	.924	121	42	.422	143	35.5
17	Jerry Priddy J. Priddy	.391	1948	SLA	151	560	96	166	40	9	8	79	86	1	71	6	5	657	248	57	10	15	.296	.443	.834	103	24.9	.390	116	13.9
18	Tommy Henrich T. Henrich	.391	1948	NYY	146	588	138	181	42	14	25	100	76	4	42	2	3	673	326	81	5	14	.308	.554	.945	125	45.6	.428	146	39.9
19	Sid Gordon S. Gordon	.390	1948	NYG	142	521	100	156	26	4	30	107	74	3	39	8		605	280	60	7	18	.299	.537	.927	110	38.4	.423	147	34.7
20	Al Zarilla A. Zarilla	.389	1948	SLA	144	529	77	174	39	3	12	74	48	4	48	11	6	596	255	54	15	8	.329	.482	.871	99	28.5	.403	124	18.5
21	Bobby Doerr B. Doerr	.386	1948	BSA	140	527	94	150	23	6	27	111	83	4	49	3	2	618	266	56	4	13	.285	.505	.891	106	32.8	.409	126	21
22	Pat Mullin P. Mullin	.385	1948	DET	138	496	91	143	16	11	23	80	77	1	57	1	2	575	250	50	1	5	.288	.504	.889	98	29.9	.408	131	23
23	Bob Dillinger B. Dillinger	.385	1948	SLA	153	644	110	207	34	10	2	44	65	1	34	28	11	722	267	46	12	18	.321	.415	.799	105	19.2	.375	108	7.1
24	Johnny Lipon J. Lipon	.384	1948	DET	121	458	65	133	18	8	5	52	68	2	22	4	4	541	182	31	13	9	.290	.397	.782	76	12.5	.371	109	6
25	Larry Doby L. Doby	.384	1948	CLE	121	439	83	132	23	9	14	66	54	5	77	9	9	500	215	46	2	8	.301	.490	.873	83	23.7	.402	134	21.9

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