Winning Percentage : 1890 American Association Top 25

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1890 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association

Scott Stratton .708 (.70833) Louisville Colonels 1
Elton Chamberlain .682 (.68182) St. Louis Browns 2
Columbus Colts  
Hank Gastright .682 (.68182) Columbus Colts  
Red Ehret .641 (.64103) Louisville Colonels 4
Sadie McMahon .632 (.63158) Philadelphia Athletics 5
Baltimore Orioles  
George Meakim .632 (.63158) Louisville Colonels  
Billy Hart .600 (.60000) St. Louis Browns 7
Fred Smith .594 (.59375) Toledo Maumees 8
Frank Knauss .586 (.58621) Columbus Colts 9
Toad Ramsey .585 (.58537) St. Louis Browns 10
Jack Stivetts .563 (.56250) St. Louis Browns 11
Will Calihan .545 (.54545) Rochester Rochesters 12
Bob Barr .538 (.53846) Rochester Rochesters 13
Cannonball Titcomb .526 (.52632) Rochester Rochesters 14
Jack Easton .517 (.51724) Columbus Colts 15
John Healy .512 (.51163) Toledo Maumees 16
Ed Daily .471 (.47059) Brooklyn Gladiators 17
Louisville Colonels  
Duke Esper .471 (.47059) Philadelphia Athletics  
Dan Casey .463 (.46341) Syracuse Stars 19
Ed Cushman .447 (.44737) Toledo Maumees 20
John Keefe .415 (.41463) Syracuse Stars 21
Mike Morrison .389 (.38889) Syracuse Stars 22
Baltimore Orioles  
Ed Seward .333 (.33333) Philadelphia Athletics 23
Ed Green .318 (.31818) Philadelphia Athletics 24
Mike Mattimore .316 (.31579) Brooklyn Gladiators 25



Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?