Winning Percentage : 1899 National League Top 25

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"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1899 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jay Hughes .824 (.82353) Brooklyn Superbas 1
Al Orth .824 (.82353) Philadelphia Phillies  
Vic Willis .771 (.77143) Boston Beaneaters 3
Noodles Hahn .742 (.74194) Cincinnati Reds 4
Red Donahue .724 (.72414) Philadelphia Phillies 5
Brickyard Kennedy .710 (.70968) Brooklyn Superbas 6
Bill Phillips .654 (.65385) Cincinnati Reds 7
Jack Dunn .639 (.63889) Brooklyn Superbas 8
Nixey Callahan .636 (.63636) Chicago Orphans 9
Chick Fraser .636 (.63636) Philadelphia Phillies  
Joe McGinnity .636 (.63636) Baltimore Orioles  
Jesse Tannehill .632 (.63158) Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Harry Howell .619 (.61905) Baltimore Orioles 13
Cy Young .619 (.61905) St. Louis Perfectos  
Clark Griffith .611 (.61111) Chicago Orphans 15
Ted Lewis .607 (.60714) Boston Beaneaters 16
Jerry Nops .607 (.60714) Baltimore Orioles  
Wiley Piatt .605 (.60526) Philadelphia Phillies 18
Ted Breitenstein .591 (.59091) Cincinnati Reds 19
Nig Cuppy .579 (.57895) St. Louis Perfectos 20
Frank Kitson .579 (.57895) Baltimore Orioles  
Tully Sparks .571 (.57143) Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Doc McJames .559 (.55882) Brooklyn Superbas 23
Deacon Phillippe .553 (.55263) Louisville Colonels 24
Jack Powell .548 (.54762) St. Louis Perfectos 25



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.

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.

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).