Winning Percentage : 1882 American Association Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1882 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association

Will White .769 (.76923) Cincinnati Red Stockings 1
Sam Weaver .634 (.63415) Philadelphia Athletics 2
Denny Driscoll .591 (.59091) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 3
Jumbo McGinnis .581 (.58140) St. Louis Brown Stockings 4
Harry McCormick .560 (.56000) Cincinnati Red Stockings 5
Tony Mullane .556 (.55556) Louisville Eclipse 6
John Schappert .533 (.53333) St. Louis Brown Stockings 7
Harry Salisbury .526 (.52632) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 8
Guy Hecker .500 (.50000) Louisville Eclipse 9
Bill Sweeney .474 (.47368) Philadelphia Athletics 10
John Reccius .400 (.40000) Louisville Eclipse 11
Bill Geis .308 (.30769) Baltimore Orioles 12
Doc Landis .300 (.30000) Philadelphia Athletics 13
Baltimore Orioles  
Harry Arundel .286 (.28571) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 14
Bert Dorr .250 (.25000) St. Louis Brown Stockings 15
Frank Mountain .250 (.25000) Philadelphia Athletics  
Tricky Nichols .077 (.07692) Baltimore Orioles 17



Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.