1896 Winning Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Winning Percentage	Team	Rank
Bill Hoffer	.781 (.78125)	Baltimore Orioles	1
Duke Esper	.737 (.73684)	Baltimore Orioles	2
George Hemming	.714 (.71429)	Baltimore Orioles	3
Frank Dwyer	.686 (.68571)	Cincinnati Reds	4
Kid Nichols	.682 (.68182)	Boston Beaneaters	5
Clark Griffith	.676 (.67647)	Chicago Colts	6
Frank Foreman	.667 (.66667)	Cincinnati Reds	7
Arlie Pond	.667 (.66667)	Baltimore Orioles
Zeke Wilson	.654 (.65385)	Cleveland Spiders	9
Cy Young	.651 (.65116)	Cleveland Spiders	10
Jouett Meekin	.650 (.65000)	New York Giants	11
Nig Cuppy	.641 (.64103)	Cleveland Spiders	12
Frank Killen	.625 (.62500)	Pittsburgh Pirates	13
Jack Stivetts	.611 (.61111)	Boston Beaneaters	14
Buttons Briggs	.600 (.60000)	Chicago Colts	15
Al Orth	.600 (.60000)	Philadelphia Phillies
Chauncey Fisher	.588 (.58824)	Cincinnati Reds	17
Silver King	.588 (.58824)	Washington Senators
Bobby Wallace	.588 (.58824)	Cleveland Spiders
Win Mercer	.581 (.58140)	Washington Senators	20
Billy Rhines	.571 (.57143)	Cincinnati Reds	21
Red Ehret	.563 (.56250)	Cincinnati Reds	22
Danny Friend	.563 (.56250)	Chicago Colts
Sadie McMahon	.550 (.55000)	Baltimore Orioles	24
Dan Daub	.522 (.52174)	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	25
Name	Winning Percentage	Team	Rank

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