Winning Percentage : 1877 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1877 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Tommy Bond .702 (.70175) Boston Red Caps 1
Jim Devlin .583 (.58333) Louisville Grays 2
Bobby Mitchell .545 (.54545) Cincinnati Red Stockings 3
Terry Larkin .537 (.53704) Hartford Dark Blues 4
Joe Blong .526 (.52632) St. Louis Brown Stockings 5
George Bradley .439 (.43902) Chicago White Stockings 6
Tricky Nichols .439 (.43902) St. Louis Brown Stockings  
Cal McVey .333 (.33333) Chicago White Stockings 8
Candy Cummings .263 (.26316) Cincinnati Red Stockings 9
Bobby Mathews .200 (.20000) Cincinnati Red Stockings 10
Amos Booth .125 (.12500) Cincinnati Red Stockings 11



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.

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.