Winning Percentage : 1882 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1882 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Larry Corcoran .692 (.69231) Chicago White Stockings 1
Old Hoss Radbourn .623 (.62264) Providence Grays 2
Fred Goldsmith .622 (.62222) Chicago White Stockings 3
John Ward .613 (.61290) Providence Grays 4
Bobby Mathews .559 (.55882) Boston Red Caps 5
Stump Wiedman .556 (.55556) Detroit Wolverines 6
Pud Galvin .549 (.54902) Buffalo Bisons 7
Jim McCormick .545 (.54545) Cleveland Blues 8
Jim Whitney .533 (.53333) Boston Red Caps 9
Hugh Daily .517 (.51724) Buffalo Bisons 10
Mickey Welch .467 (.46667) Troy Trojans 11
George Derby .459 (.45946) Detroit Wolverines 12
George Bradley .400 (.40000) Cleveland Blues 13
Jim Egan .400 (.40000) Troy Trojans  
Tim Keefe .395 (.39535) Troy Trojans 15
Lee Richmond .298 (.29787) Worcester Ruby Legs 16
Frank Mountain .154 (.15385) Worcester Ruby Legs 17
Fred Corey .071 (.07143) Worcester Ruby Legs 18



The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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).