Winning Percentage : 1893 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1893 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Hank Gastright .750 (.75000) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Boston Beaneaters  
Frank Killen .720 (.72000) Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Kid Nichols .708 (.70833) Boston Beaneaters 3
Cy Young .680 (.68000) Cleveland Spiders 4
Harry Staley .643 (.64286) Boston Beaneaters 5
Nig Cuppy .630 (.62963) Cleveland Spiders 6
Jack Stivetts .625 (.62500) Boston Beaneaters 7
Ad Gumbert .611 (.61111) Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Amos Rusie .611 (.61111) New York Giants  
Adonis Terry .600 (.60000) Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Gus Weyhing .590 (.58974) Philadelphia Phillies 11
Tim Keefe .588 (.58824) Philadelphia Phillies 12
Kid Carsey .571 (.57143) Philadelphia Phillies 13
Elton Chamberlain .571 (.57143) Cincinnati Reds  
Dad Clarkson .571 (.57143) St. Louis Browns  
Sadie McMahon .561 (.56098) Baltimore Orioles 16
Ed Stein .559 (.55882) Brooklyn Bridegrooms 17
Brickyard Kennedy .556 (.55556) Brooklyn Bridegrooms 18
Frank Dwyer .545 (.54545) Cincinnati Reds 19
Edgar McNabb .533 (.53333) Baltimore Orioles 20
Jock Menefee .533 (.53333) Louisville Colonels  
Jack Taylor .526 (.52632) Philadelphia Phillies 22
George Hemming .514 (.51429) Louisville Colonels 23
Red Ehret .500 (.50000) Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Les German .500 (.50000) New York Giants  



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).

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.