Winning Percentage : 1878 National League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1878 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League
Harry Wheeler .857 (.85714) Providence Grays 1
Bobby Mitchell .778 (.77778) Cincinnati Reds 2
Tommy Bond .678 (.67797) Boston Red Caps 3
John Ward .629 (.62857) Providence Grays 4
Will White .588 (.58824) Cincinnati Reds 5
Terry Larkin .527 (.52727) Chicago White Stockings 6
Tom Healey .462 (.46154) Providence Grays 7
Indianapolis Browns  
Jim McCormick .385 (.38462) Indianapolis Browns 8
The Only Nolan .371 (.37143) Indianapolis Browns 9
Tricky Nichols .364 (.36364) Providence Grays 10
Sam Weaver .279 (.27907) Milwaukee Cream Citys 11
Mike Golden .188 (.18750) Milwaukee Cream Citys 12



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).

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.
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