Winning Percentage : 1887 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1887 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League
Charlie Getzien .690 (.69048) Detroit Wolverines 1
Charlie Ferguson .688 (.68750) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Dan Casey .683 (.68293) Philadelphia Phillies 3
Tim Keefe .648 (.64815) New York Giants 4
John Clarkson .644 (.64407) Chicago White Stockings 5
Stump Wiedman .619 (.61905) Detroit Wolverines 6
New York Giants  
George Van Haltren .611 (.61111) Chicago White Stockings 7
Kid Madden .600 (.60000) Boston Beaneaters 8
Mickey Welch .595 (.59459) New York Giants 9
Pud Galvin .571 (.57143) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 10
Lady Baldwin .565 (.56522) Detroit Wolverines 11
Charlie Buffinton .553 (.55263) Philadelphia Phillies 12
Jim Whitney .533 (.53333) Washington Senators 13
Mark Baldwin .514 (.51429) Chicago White Stockings 14
Old Hoss Radbourn .511 (.51064) Boston Beaneaters 15
Pete Conway .471 (.47059) Detroit Wolverines 16
Ed Morris .389 (.38889) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 17
Dick Conway .375 (.37500) Boston Beaneaters 18
Jim McCormick .361 (.36111) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 19
Henry Boyle .351 (.35135) Indianapolis Hoosiers 20
Dupee Shaw .350 (.35000) Washington Senators 21
John Healy .293 (.29268) Indianapolis Hoosiers 22
Hank O'Day .286 (.28571) Washington Senators 23
Frank Gilmore .259 (.25926) Washington Senators 24



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

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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