Winning Percentage : 1881 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1881 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Blondie Purcell .800 (.80000) Buffalo Bisons 1
Old Hoss Radbourn .694 (.69444) Providence Grays 2
Larry Corcoran .689 (.68889) Chicago White Stockings 3
Fred Goldsmith .649 (.64865) Chicago White Stockings 4
Stump Wiedman .615 (.61538) Detroit Wolverines 5
Pud Galvin .538 (.53846) Buffalo Bisons 6
Mickey Welch .538 (.53846) Troy Trojans  
George Derby .527 (.52727) Detroit Wolverines 8
Jack Lynch .526 (.52632) Buffalo Bisons 9
John Ward .500 (.50000) Providence Grays 10
Lee Richmond .490 (.49020) Worcester Ruby Legs 11
Jim Whitney .484 (.48438) Boston Red Caps 12
Jim McCormick .464 (.46429) Cleveland Blues 13
John Fox .429 (.42857) Boston Red Caps 14
Frank Mountain .429 (.42857) Detroit Wolverines  
Tim Keefe .400 (.40000) Troy Trojans 16
Bobby Mathews .385 (.38462) Providence Grays 17
Boston Red Caps  
The Only Nolan .364 (.36364) Cleveland Blues 18
Fred Corey .286 (.28571) Worcester Ruby Legs 19
Harry McCormick .111 (.11111) Worcester Ruby Legs 20



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?

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.