Winning Percentage : 1900 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:

"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)
 

1900 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Joe McGinnity .778 (.77778) Brooklyn Superbas 1
Jesse Tannehill .769 (.76923) Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Chick Fraser .625 (.62500) Philadelphia Phillies 3
Brickyard Kennedy .606 (.60606) Brooklyn Superbas 4
Deacon Phillippe .606 (.60606) Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bill Bernhard .600 (.60000) Philadelphia Phillies 6
Red Donahue .600 (.60000) Philadelphia Phillies  
Bill Dinneen .588 (.58824) Boston Beaneaters 8
Jack Chesbro .536 (.53571) Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Frank Kitson .536 (.53571) Brooklyn Superbas  
Sam Leever .536 (.53571) Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ted Lewis .520 (.52000) Boston Beaneaters 12
Clark Griffith .519 (.51852) Chicago Orphans 13
Jack Powell .515 (.51515) St. Louis Cardinals 14
Ted Breitenstein .500 (.50000) Cincinnati Reds 15
Pink Hawley .500 (.50000) New York Giants  
Al Orth .500 (.50000) Philadelphia Phillies  
Cy Young .500 (.50000) St. Louis Cardinals  
Wiley Piatt .474 (.47368) Philadelphia Phillies 19
Jack Dunn .471 (.47059) Brooklyn Superbas 20
Philadelphia Phillies  
Bill Carrick .463 (.46341) New York Giants 21
Ed Scott .459 (.45946) Cincinnati Reds 22
Bill Phillips .450 (.45000) Cincinnati Reds 23
Nixey Callahan .448 (.44828) Chicago Orphans 24
Kid Nichols .448 (.44828) Boston Beaneaters  



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).

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.

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?