Winning Percentage : 1914 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
 

1914 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bill James .788 (.78788) Boston Braves 1
Bill Doak .760 (.76000) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Dick Rudolph .722 (.72222) Boston Braves 3
Jeff Tesreau .722 (.72222) New York Giants  
Jeff Pfeffer .657 (.65714) Brooklyn Robins 5
Christy Mathewson .649 (.64865) New York Giants 6
Grover Alexander .643 (.64286) Philadelphia Phillies 7
Raleigh Aitchison .632 (.63158) Brooklyn Robins 8
Hippo Vaughn .618 (.61765) Chicago Cubs 9
Pol Perritt .552 (.55172) St. Louis Cardinals 10
Lefty Tyler .552 (.55172) Boston Braves  
Larry Cheney .526 (.52632) Chicago Cubs 12
Erskine Mayer .525 (.52500) Philadelphia Phillies 13
Wilbur Cooper .516 (.51613) Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Slim Sallee .514 (.51429) St. Louis Cardinals 15
Jimmy Lavender .500 (.50000) Chicago Cubs 16
Bert Humphries .476 (.47619) Chicago Cubs 17
Rube Benton .471 (.47059) Cincinnati Reds 18
Babe Adams .448 (.44828) Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Ben Tincup .444 (.44444) Philadelphia Phillies 20
Hub Perdue .435 (.43478) Boston Braves 21
St. Louis Cardinals  
Bob Harmon .433 (.43333) Pittsburgh Pirates 22
George McQuillan .433 (.43333) Pittsburgh Pirates  
Dick Crutcher .417 (.41667) Boston Braves 24
Dan Griner .409 (.40909) St. Louis Cardinals 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.