Winning Percentage : 1884 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)
 

1884 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Old Hoss Radbourn .831 (.83099) Providence Grays 1
John Clarkson .769 (.76923) Chicago White Stockings 2
Charlie Buffinton .750 (.75000) Boston Beaneaters 3
Charlie Sweeney .680 (.68000) Providence Grays 4
Pud Galvin .676 (.67647) Buffalo Bisons 5
Mickey Welch .650 (.65000) New York Gothams 6
Jim Whitney .622 (.62162) Boston Beaneaters 7
Larry Corcoran .603 (.60345) Chicago White Stockings 8
Mike Dorgan .571 (.57143) New York Gothams 9
Ed Conley .500 (.50000) Providence Grays 10
Bill Vinton .500 (.50000) Philadelphia Phillies  
John Ward .500 (.50000) New York Gothams  
Jim McCormick .463 (.46341) Cleveland Blues 13
Charlie Ferguson .457 (.45652) Philadelphia Phillies 14
Fred Goldsmith .450 (.45000) Chicago White Stockings 15
Billy Serad .444 (.44444) Buffalo Bisons 16
Ed Begley .400 (.40000) New York Gothams 17
Dupee Shaw .333 (.33333) Detroit Wolverines 18
Charlie Getzien .294 (.29412) Detroit Wolverines 19
John Harkins .273 (.27273) Cleveland Blues 20
Frank Meinke .258 (.25806) Detroit Wolverines 21
John Coleman .250 (.25000) Philadelphia Phillies 22
John Connor .200 (.20000) Boston Beaneaters 23
Frank Brill .167 (.16667) Detroit Wolverines 24
Stump Wiedman .160 (.16000) Detroit Wolverines 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?