Winning Percentage : 1883 National League Top 25

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1883 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League
Jim McCormick .700 (.70000) Cleveland Blues 1
Old Hoss Radbourn .658 (.65753) Providence Grays 2
Charlie Buffinton .641 (.64103) Boston Beaneaters 3
Jim Whitney .638 (.63793) Boston Beaneaters 4
Larry Corcoran .630 (.62963) Chicago White Stockings 5
Pud Galvin .613 (.61333) Buffalo Bisons 6
Fred Goldsmith .568 (.56818) Chicago White Stockings 7
John Ward .552 (.55172) New York Gothams 8
Hugh Daily .548 (.54762) Cleveland Blues 9
Jack Jones .545 (.54545) Detroit Wolverines 10
Mickey Welch .521 (.52083) New York Gothams 11
Charlie Sweeney .500 (.50000) Providence Grays 12
Stump Wiedman .455 (.45455) Detroit Wolverines 13
Dupee Shaw .400 (.40000) Detroit Wolverines 14
Lee Richmond .300 (.30000) Providence Grays 15
Tip O'Neill .294 (.29412) New York Gothams 16
Will Sawyer .286 (.28571) Cleveland Blues 17
Blondie Purcell .250 (.25000) Philadelphia Phillies 18
John Coleman .200 (.20000) Philadelphia Phillies 19
George Derby .167 (.16667) Buffalo Bisons 20
Dick Burns .143 (.14286) Detroit Wolverines 21
Jack Neagle .125 (.12500) Philadelphia Phillies 22
Art Hagan .059 (.05882) Philadelphia Phillies 23
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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.

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.
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