Winning Percentage : 1930 National League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1930 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bud Teachout .733 (.73333) Chicago Cubs 1
Freddie Fitzsimmons .731 (.73077) New York Giants 2
Pat Malone .690 (.68966) Chicago Cubs 3
Erv Brame .680 (.68000) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Ray Phelps .667 (.66667) Brooklyn Robins 5
Dolf Luque .636 (.63636) Brooklyn Robins 6
Bill Hallahan .625 (.62500) St. Louis Cardinals 7
Ray Kremer .625 (.62500) Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jesse Haines .619 (.61905) St. Louis Cardinals 9
Guy Bush .600 (.60000) Chicago Cubs 10
Phil Collins .593 (.59259) Philadelphia Phillies 11
Burleigh Grimes .593 (.59259) Boston Braves  
St. Louis Cardinals  
Jumbo Elliott .588 (.58824) Brooklyn Robins 13
Carl Hubbell .586 (.58621) New York Giants 14
Bill Sherdel .563 (.56250) St. Louis Cardinals 15
Boston Braves  
Syl Johnson .545 (.54545) St. Louis Cardinals 16
Charlie Root .533 (.53333) Chicago Cubs 17
Dazzy Vance .531 (.53125) Brooklyn Robins 18
Bill Walker .531 (.53125) New York Giants  
Watty Clark .500 (.50000) Brooklyn Robins 20
Larry French .486 (.48571) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Socks Seibold .484 (.48387) Boston Braves 22
Glenn Spencer .471 (.47059) Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Red Lucas .467 (.46667) Cincinnati Reds 24
Ray Benge .423 (.42308) Philadelphia Phillies 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).

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.

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