Winning Percentage : 1916 National League Top 25

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1916 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Tom Hughes .842 (.84211) Boston Braves 1
Grover Alexander .733 (.73333) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Jeff Pfeffer .694 (.69444) Brooklyn Robins 3
Eppa Rixey .688 (.68750) Philadelphia Phillies 4
Rube Marquard .684 (.68421) Brooklyn Robins 5
Rube Benton .667 (.66667) New York Giants 6
Lefty Tyler .654 (.65385) Boston Braves 7
Gene Packard .625 (.62500) Chicago Cubs 8
Pol Perritt .621 (.62069) New York Giants 9
Jack Coombs .619 (.61905) Brooklyn Robins 10
Dick Rudolph .613 (.61290) Boston Braves 11
Slim Sallee .609 (.60870) St. Louis Cardinals 12
New York Giants  
Larry Cheney .600 (.60000) Brooklyn Robins 13
Bill Doak .600 (.60000) St. Louis Cardinals  
Al Mamaux .583 (.58333) Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Sherry Smith .583 (.58333) Brooklyn Robins  
Al Demaree .576 (.57576) Philadelphia Phillies 17
Hippo Vaughn .531 (.53125) Chicago Cubs 18
Clarence Mitchell .524 (.52381) Cincinnati Reds 19
Wilbur Cooper .522 (.52174) Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Pat Ragan .500 (.50000) Boston Braves 21
Jeff Tesreau .500 (.50000) New York Giants  
Wheezer Dell .471 (.47059) Brooklyn Robins 23
Fred Toney .452 (.45161) Cincinnati Reds 24
Bob Harmon .421 (.42105) Pittsburgh Pirates 25



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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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).