Winning Percentage : 1889 American Association Top 25

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1889 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association
Bob Caruthers .784 (.78431) Brooklyn Bridegrooms 1
Silver King .686 (.68627) St. Louis Browns 2
Elton Chamberlain .681 (.68085) St. Louis Browns 3
Jack Stivetts .632 (.63158) St. Louis Browns 4
Tom Lovett .630 (.62963) Brooklyn Bridegrooms 5
Jesse Duryea .627 (.62745) Cincinnati Red Stockings 6
Adonis Terry .595 (.59459) Brooklyn Bridegrooms 7
Al Mays .588 (.58824) Columbus Colts 8
Gus Weyhing .588 (.58824) Philadelphia Athletics  
Ed Seward .583 (.58333) Philadelphia Athletics 10
Tony Mullane .550 (.55000) Cincinnati Red Stockings 11
Sadie McMahon .538 (.53846) Philadelphia Athletics 12
Matt Kilroy .537 (.53704) Baltimore Orioles 13
Mickey Hughes .529 (.52941) Brooklyn Bridegrooms 14
Lee Viau .524 (.52381) Cincinnati Red Stockings 15
Frank Foreman .523 (.52273) Baltimore Orioles 16
Jim Conway .500 (.50000) Kansas City Blues 17
Bert Cunningham .457 (.45714) Baltimore Orioles 18
Mark Baldwin .443 (.44262) Columbus Colts 19
Elmer Smith .429 (.42857) Cincinnati Red Stockings 20
Park Swartzel .413 (.41304) Kansas City Blues 21
Hank Gastright .385 (.38462) Columbus Colts 22
Wild Bill Widner .375 (.37500) Columbus Colts 23
Guy Hecker .278 (.27778) Louisville Colonels 24
John Sowders .273 (.27273) Kansas City Blues 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.

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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