what hitter had the best on base percentage in the 1949 season

Ted Williams had the best on-base percentage in a season in 1949, with an on-base percentage of .490.

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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	.490	1949	BSA	155	566	150	194	39	3	43	159	162	2	48	1	1	730	368	85	0	22	.343	.650	1.141	182	95.5	.511	187	82.2
2	Luke Appling L. Appling	.439	1949	CWS	142	492	82	148	21	5	5	58	121	0	24	7	12	619	194	31	6	23	.301	.394	.833	102	28.6	.403	130	24
3	Stan Musial S. Musial	.438	1949	SLN	157	612	128	207	41	13	36	123	107	2	38	3		721	382	90	0	12	.338	.624	1.062	161	75.3	.477	178	69.7
4	Jackie Robinson J. Robinson	.432	1949	BKN	156	593	122	203	38	12	16	124	86	8	27	37		704	313	66	17	22	.342	.528	.960	138	54.1	.442	156	48.6
5	Ralph Kiner R. Kiner	.432	1949	PIT	152	549	116	170	19	5	54	127	117	1	61	6		667	361	78	0	10	.310	.658	1.089	153	73.4	.484	179	65.8
6	Eddie Joost E. Joost	.429	1949	PHA	144	525	128	138	25	3	23	81	149	4	80	2	1	682	238	51	4	6	.263	.453	.883	120	39.3	.417	136	31.7
7	George Kell G. Kell	.424	1949	DET	134	522	97	179	38	9	3	59	71	3	13	7	5	612	244	50	16	17	.343	.467	.892	108	34.9	.417	134	27.4
8	Enos Slaughter E. Slaughter	.418	1949	SLN	151	568	92	191	34	13	13	96	79	1	37	3		654	290	60	6	7	.336	.511	.929	121	43.1	.428	147	38
9	Eddie Stanky E. Stanky	.417	1949	BSN	138	506	90	144	24	5	1	42	113	2	41	3		628	181	30	7	8	.285	.358	.775	92	17.2	.379	122	17.5
10	Cass Michaels C. Michaels	.417	1949	CWS	154	561	73	173	27	9	6	83	101	3	50	5	7	672	236	42	7	20	.308	.421	.837	108	28.3	.397	127	23.2
11	Tommy Henrich T. Henrich	.416	1949	NYY	115	411	90	118	20	3	24	85	86	5	34	2	2	502	216	47	0	7	.287	.526	.942	95	35.1	.433	149	31.9
12	Ferris Fain F. Fain	.415	1949	PHA	150	525	81	138	21	5	3	78	136	0	51	8	1	672	178	29	11	15	.263	.339	.754	95	15.2	.372	109	7.7
13	Elmer Valo E. Valo	.413	1949	PHA	150	547	86	155	27	12	5	85	119	2	32	14	11	680	221	44	12	11	.283	.404	.817	106	25	.391	120	17.4
14	Johnny Pesky J. Pesky	.408	1949	BSA	148	604	111	185	27	7	2	69	100	4	19	8	4	713	232	36	5	12	.306	.384	.792	105	20.6	.380	108	7.5
15	Dom DiMaggio D. DiMaggio	.404	1949	BSA	145	605	126	186	34	5	8	60	96	2	55	9	7	706	254	47	3	10	.307	.420	.824	109	25.6	.390	114	12.7
16	Sid Gordon S. Gordon	.404	1949	NYG	141	489	87	139	26	2	26	90	95	3	37	1		588	247	54	1	24	.284	.505	.909	105	34.8	.419	143	31.6
17	Hoot Evers H. Evers	.403	1949	DET	132	432	68	131	21	6	7	72	70	2	38	6	7	508	185	34	4	16	.303	.428	.831	80	19.3	.392	120	13
18	Willard Marshall W. Marshall	.401	1949	NYG	141	499	81	153	19	3	12	70	78	1	20	4		581	214	34	3	10	.307	.429	.830	91	21.9	.392	126	18.8
19	Roy Sievers R. Sievers	.398	1949	SLA	140	471	84	144	28	1	16	91	70	2	75	1	5	545	222	45	2	15	.306	.471	.869	91	25.9	.404	123	16
20	Pee Wee Reese P. Wee Reese	.396	1949	BKN	155	617	132	172	27	3	16	73	116	4	59	26		743	253	46	6	5	.279	.410	.806	112	23.3	.384	119	17.5
21	Elbie Fletcher E. Fletcher	.396	1949	BSN	122	413	57	108	19	3	11	51	84	8	65	1		518	166	33	13	10	.262	.402	.798	77	15.5	.382	124	15.8
22	Bob Elliott B. Elliott	.395	1949	BSN	139	482	77	135	29	5	17	76	90	2	38	0		578	225	51	4	16	.280	.467	.862	95	26.2	.402	137	26.5
23	Bobby Doerr B. Doerr	.393	1949	BSA	139	541	91	167	30	9	18	109	75	0	33	2	2	623	269	57	7	31	.309	.497	.890	106	32.2	.410	126	20.9
24	Vern Stephens V. Stephens	.391	1949	BSA	155	610	113	177	31	2	39	159	101	0	73	2	2	711	329	72	0	19	.290	.539	.930	129	44.7	.424	134	31.7
25	Larry Doby L. Doby	.389	1949	CLE	147	547	106	153	25	3	24	85	91	7	90	10	9	650	256	52	5	14	.280	.468	.857	105	28.2	.399	129	24.8

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