Winning Percentage : 1876 National League 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:

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1876 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Al Spalding .797 (.79661) Chicago White Stockings 1
Jack Manning .783 (.78261) Boston Red Caps 2
Tommy Bond .705 (.70455) Hartford Dark Blues 3
George Bradley .703 (.70313) St. Louis Brown Stockings 4
Candy Cummings .667 (.66667) Hartford Dark Blues 5
Joe Borden .478 (.47826) Boston Red Caps 6
Foghorn Bradley .474 (.47368) Boston Red Caps 7
Jim Devlin .462 (.46154) Louisville Grays 8
Bobby Mathews .382 (.38182) New York Mutuals 9
Lon Knight .313 (.31250) Philadelphia Athletics 10
Cherokee Fisher .167 (.16667) Cincinnati Red Stockings 11
George Zettlein .167 (.16667) Philadelphia Athletics  
Dory Dean .133 (.13333) Cincinnati Red Stockings 13
Dale Williams .111 (.11111) Cincinnati Red Stockings 14



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

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).

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?