Winning Percentage : 1903 National League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1903 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Sam Leever .781 (.78125) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Deacon Phillippe .735 (.73529) Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Jake Weimer .714 (.71429) Chicago Cubs 3
Christy Mathewson .698 (.69767) New York Giants 4
Bob Wicker .690 (.68966) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Chicago Cubs  
Ed Doheny .667 (.66667) Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Noodles Hahn .647 (.64706) Cincinnati Reds 7
Jack Sutthoff .640 (.64000) Cincinnati Reds 8
Henry Schmidt .629 (.62857) Brooklyn Superbas 9
Joe McGinnity .608 (.60784) New York Giants 10
Brickyard Kennedy .600 (.60000) Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Jack Taylor .600 (.60000) Chicago Cubs  
Oscar Jones .576 (.57576) Brooklyn Superbas 13
Carl Lundgren .550 (.55000) Chicago Cubs 14
Bob Ewing .519 (.51852) Cincinnati Reds 15
Dummy Taylor .500 (.50000) New York Giants 16
Jack Harper .471 (.47059) Cincinnati Reds 17
Ned Garvin .455 (.45455) Brooklyn Superbas 18
Togie Pittinger .450 (.45000) Boston Beaneaters 19
Bill Duggleby .448 (.44828) Philadelphia Phillies 20
Jock Menefee .444 (.44444) Chicago Cubs 21
Tully Sparks .423 (.42308) Philadelphia Phillies 22
Chick Fraser .414 (.41379) Philadelphia Phillies 23
Mordecai Brown .409 (.40909) St. Louis Cardinals 24
John Malarkey .407 (.40741) Boston Beaneaters 25



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.

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.