Top 25 Winning Percentage in 1888 in the National League

Winning Percentage : 1888 National League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)

1888 Winning Percentage Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Winning Percentage Team Rank

Tim Keefe .745 (.74468) New York Giants 1

Pete Conway .682 (.68182) Detroit Wolverines 2

Ben Sanders .655 (.65517) Philadelphia Phillies 3

Gus Krock .641 (.64103) Chicago White Stockings 4

Cannonball Titcomb .636 (.63636) New York Giants 5

John Clarkson .623 (.62264) Boston Beaneaters 6

Charlie Buffinton .622 (.62222) Philadelphia Phillies 7

Mickey Welch .578 (.57778) New York Giants 8

Bill Sowders .559 (.55882) Boston Beaneaters 9

Ed Morris .558 (.55769) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 10

Bill Burdick .500 (.50000) Indianapolis Hoosiers 11

Harry Staley .500 (.50000) Pittsburgh Alleghenys

George Van Haltren .500 (.50000) Chicago White Stockings

Pud Galvin .479 (.47917) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 14

Mark Baldwin .464 (.46429) Chicago White Stockings 15

Jim Whitney .462 (.46154) Washington Senators 16

Henry Gruber .440 (.44000) Detroit Wolverines 17

Dan Casey .438 (.43750) Philadelphia Phillies 18

Charlie Getzien .432 (.43182) Detroit Wolverines 19

Henry Boyle .405 (.40541) Indianapolis Hoosiers 20

Kid Madden .389 (.38889) Boston Beaneaters 21

Hank O'Day .356 (.35556) Washington Senators 22

John Healy .333 (.33333) Indianapolis Hoosiers 23

Lev Shreve .314 (.31429) Indianapolis Hoosiers 24

Kid Gleason .304 (.30435) Philadelphia Phillies 25

Name Winning Percentage Team Rank

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

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.

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