Winning Percentage : 1876 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1876 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Al Spalding .797 (.79661) Chicago White Stockings 1
Jack Manning .783 (.78261) Boston Red Caps 2
Tommy Bond .705 (.70455) Hartford Dark Blues 3
George Bradley .703 (.70313) St. Louis Brown Stockings 4
Candy Cummings .667 (.66667) Hartford Dark Blues 5
Joe Borden .478 (.47826) Boston Red Caps 6
Foghorn Bradley .474 (.47368) Boston Red Caps 7
Jim Devlin .462 (.46154) Louisville Grays 8
Bobby Mathews .382 (.38182) New York Mutuals 9
Lon Knight .313 (.31250) Philadelphia Athletics 10
Cherokee Fisher .167 (.16667) Cincinnati Red Stockings 11
George Zettlein .167 (.16667) Philadelphia Athletics  
Dory Dean .133 (.13333) Cincinnati Red Stockings 13
Dale Williams .111 (.11111) Cincinnati Red Stockings 14



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).

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.