Winning Percentage : 1884 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
 

1884 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Old Hoss Radbourn .831 (.83099) Providence Grays 1
John Clarkson .769 (.76923) Chicago White Stockings 2
Charlie Buffinton .750 (.75000) Boston Beaneaters 3
Charlie Sweeney .680 (.68000) Providence Grays 4
Pud Galvin .676 (.67647) Buffalo Bisons 5
Mickey Welch .650 (.65000) New York Gothams 6
Jim Whitney .622 (.62162) Boston Beaneaters 7
Larry Corcoran .603 (.60345) Chicago White Stockings 8
Mike Dorgan .571 (.57143) New York Gothams 9
Ed Conley .500 (.50000) Providence Grays 10
Bill Vinton .500 (.50000) Philadelphia Phillies  
John Ward .500 (.50000) New York Gothams  
Jim McCormick .463 (.46341) Cleveland Blues 13
Charlie Ferguson .457 (.45652) Philadelphia Phillies 14
Fred Goldsmith .450 (.45000) Chicago White Stockings 15
Billy Serad .444 (.44444) Buffalo Bisons 16
Ed Begley .400 (.40000) New York Gothams 17
Dupee Shaw .333 (.33333) Detroit Wolverines 18
Charlie Getzien .294 (.29412) Detroit Wolverines 19
John Harkins .273 (.27273) Cleveland Blues 20
Frank Meinke .258 (.25806) Detroit Wolverines 21
John Coleman .250 (.25000) Philadelphia Phillies 22
John Connor .200 (.20000) Boston Beaneaters 23
Frank Brill .167 (.16667) Detroit Wolverines 24
Stump Wiedman .160 (.16000) Detroit Wolverines 25



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.

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?

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.