Winning Percentage : 1902 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)
 

1902 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jack Chesbro .824 (.82353) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Ed Doheny .800 (.80000) Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Jesse Tannehill .769 (.76923) Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Ed Poole .750 (.75000) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Cincinnati Reds  
Deacon Phillippe .690 (.68966) Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Sam Leever .682 (.68182) Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Jack Taylor .676 (.67647) Chicago Cubs 7
Noodles Hahn .657 (.65714) Cincinnati Reds 8
Togie Pittinger .628 (.62791) Boston Beaneaters 9
Ed Murphy .625 (.62500) St. Louis Cardinals 10
Frank Kitson .613 (.61290) Brooklyn Superbas 11
Jay Hughes .577 (.57692) Brooklyn Superbas 12
Vic Willis .574 (.57447) Boston Beaneaters 13
Jock Menefee .545 (.54545) Chicago Cubs 14
Bill Donovan .531 (.53125) Brooklyn Superbas 15
Clarence Currie .526 (.52632) Cincinnati Reds 16
St. Louis Cardinals  
Doc Newton .517 (.51724) Brooklyn Superbas 17
Mike O'Neill .516 (.51613) St. Louis Cardinals 18
Carl Lundgren .500 (.50000) Chicago Cubs 19
Joe McGinnity .500 (.50000) New York Giants  
Bill Phillips .500 (.50000) Cincinnati Reds  
Chick Fraser .480 (.48000) Philadelphia Phillies 22
Mal Eason .455 (.45455) Chicago Cubs 23
Boston Beaneaters  
Christy Mathewson .452 (.45161) New York Giants 24
John Malarkey .444 (.44444) Boston Beaneaters 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.

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.