Top 25 Winning Percentage in 1879 in the National League

Winning Percentage : 1879 National League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)

1879 Winning Percentage Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Winning Percentage Team Rank

John Ward .712 (.71212) Providence Grays 1

Tommy Bond .694 (.69355) Boston Red Caps 2

Bobby Mathews .667 (.66667) Providence Grays 3

Bill McGunnigle .643 (.64286) Buffalo Bisons 4

Frank Hankinson .600 (.60000) Chicago White Stockings 5

Will White .581 (.58108) Cincinnati Reds 6

Pud Galvin .578 (.57813) Buffalo Bisons 7

Terry Larkin .574 (.57407) Chicago White Stockings 8

Curry Foley .500 (.50000) Boston Red Caps 9

Harry Salisbury .400 (.40000) Troy Trojans 10

Harry McCormick .353 (.35294) Syracuse Stars 11

Fred Goldsmith .333 (.33333) Troy Trojans 12

Jim McCormick .333 (.33333) Cleveland Blues

Bobby Mitchell .318 (.31818) Cleveland Blues 14

George Bradley .245 (.24528) Troy Trojans 15

Blondie Purcell .190 (.19048) Syracuse Stars 16

Cincinnati Reds

Name Winning Percentage Team Rank

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?

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.

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.

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