Winning Percentage : 1891 American Association Top 25

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1891 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association
Charlie Buffinton .763 (.76316) Boston Red Stockings 1
George Haddock .756 (.75556) Boston Red Stockings 2
Ben Sanders .688 (.68750) Philadelphia Athletics 3
Clark Griffith .609 (.60870) St. Louis Browns 4
Boston Red Stockings  
Gus Weyhing .608 (.60784) Philadelphia Athletics 5
Jack Stivetts .600 (.60000) St. Louis Browns 6
Sadie McMahon .593 (.59322) Baltimore Orioles 7
Willie McGill .583 (.58333) Cincinnati Porkers 8
St. Louis Browns  
Darby O'Brien .581 (.58065) Boston Red Stockings 9
Bill Daley .571 (.57143) Boston Red Stockings 10
John Dolan .522 (.52174) Columbus Colts 11
Phil Knell .509 (.50909) Columbus Colts 12
Ed Crane .500 (.50000) Cincinnati Porkers 13
Red Ehret .500 (.50000) Louisville Colonels  
Kid Madden .500 (.50000) Boston Red Stockings  
Baltimore Orioles  
Elton Chamberlain .489 (.48889) Philadelphia Athletics 16
Frank Foreman .474 (.47368) Washington Senators 17
Willard Mains .462 (.46154) Cincinnati Porkers 18
Milwaukee Brewers  
Frank Dwyer .452 (.45238) Cincinnati Porkers 19
Milwaukee Brewers  
Warren Fitzgerald .452 (.45161) Louisville Colonels 20
John Healy .444 (.44444) Baltimore Orioles 21
Bert Cunningham .440 (.44000) Baltimore Orioles 22
Jack Easton .400 (.40000) Columbus Colts 23
St. Louis Browns  
Hank Gastright .387 (.38710) Columbus Colts 24
Jouett Meekin .385 (.38462) Louisville Colonels 25



The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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.
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