Winning Percentage : 1884 American Association Top 25

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1884 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association

Bob Caruthers .778 (.77778) St. Louis Browns 1
Tip O'Neill .733 (.73333) St. Louis Browns 2
Ed Morris .723 (.72340) Columbus Colts 3
Guy Hecker .722 (.72222) Louisville Colonels 4
Dave Foutz .714 (.71429) St. Louis Browns 5
Jack Lynch .712 (.71154) New York Metropolitans 6
Tim Keefe .685 (.68519) New York Metropolitans 7
Will White .654 (.65385) Cincinnati Red Stockings 8
Bob Emslie .653 (.65306) Baltimore Orioles 9
Bobby Mathews .625 (.62500) Philadelphia Athletics 10
Bill Mountjoy .613 (.61290) Cincinnati Red Stockings 11
Ed Dundon .600 (.60000) Columbus Colts 12
Jumbo McGinnis .600 (.60000) St. Louis Browns  
Billy Taylor .600 (.60000) Philadelphia Athletics  
Tony Mullane .581 (.58065) Toledo Blue Stockings 15
Frank Mountain .575 (.57500) Columbus Colts 16
Hardie Henderson .540 (.54000) Baltimore Orioles 17
Gus Shallix .524 (.52381) Cincinnati Red Stockings 18
Al Atkinson .500 (.50000) Philadelphia Athletics 19
Ren Deagle .500 (.50000) Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Louisville Colonels  
Denny Driscoll .500 (.50000) Louisville Colonels  
Sam Kimber .474 (.47368) Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers 22
Phil Reccius .462 (.46154) Louisville Colonels 23
Daisy Davis .455 (.45455) St. Louis Browns 24
Jake Aydelott .417 (.41667) Indianapolis Blues 25



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

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.

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).