Winning Percentage : 1883 American Association 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)
 

1883 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association
Jack Jones .714 (.71429) Philadelphia Athletics 1
Tony Mullane .700 (.70000) St. Louis Browns 2
Bobby Mathews .698 (.69767) Philadelphia Athletics 3
George Bradley .696 (.69565) Philadelphia Athletics 4
Will White .662 (.66154) Cincinnati Red Stockings 5
Jumbo McGinnis .636 (.63636) St. Louis Browns 6
Jersey Bakley .625 (.62500) Philadelphia Athletics 7
Tim Keefe .603 (.60294) New York Metropolitans 8
Fred Corey .588 (.58824) Philadelphia Athletics 9
Harry McCormick .571 (.57143) Cincinnati Red Stockings 10
Ren Deagle .556 (.55556) Cincinnati Red Stockings 11
Sam Weaver .542 (.54167) Louisville Eclipse 12
Guy Hecker .531 (.53061) Louisville Eclipse 13
Jack Lynch .464 (.46429) New York Metropolitans 14
Denny Driscoll .462 (.46154) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 15
Frank Mountain .441 (.44068) Columbus Colts 16
Bob Emslie .409 (.40909) Baltimore Orioles 17
Billy Taylor .364 (.36364) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 18
John Fox .316 (.31579) Baltimore Orioles 19
Bob Barr .250 (.25000) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 20
Hardie Henderson .238 (.23810) Baltimore Orioles 21
Jack Neagle .200 (.20000) Baltimore Orioles 22
Pittsburgh Alleghenys  
John Valentine .167 (.16667) Columbus Colts 23
Ed Dundon .158 (.15789) Columbus Colts 24



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.

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.
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