Winning Percentage : 1877 National League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1877 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League
Tommy Bond .702 (.70175) Boston Red Caps 1
Jim Devlin .583 (.58333) Louisville Grays 2
Bobby Mitchell .545 (.54545) Cincinnati Red Stockings 3
Terry Larkin .537 (.53704) Hartford Dark Blues 4
Joe Blong .526 (.52632) St. Louis Brown Stockings 5
George Bradley .439 (.43902) Chicago White Stockings 6
Tricky Nichols .439 (.43902) St. Louis Brown Stockings  
Cal McVey .333 (.33333) Chicago White Stockings 8
Candy Cummings .263 (.26316) Cincinnati Red Stockings 9
Bobby Mathews .200 (.20000) Cincinnati Red Stockings 10
Amos Booth .125 (.12500) Cincinnati Red Stockings 11



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.

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.
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