Winning Percentage : 1900 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1900 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Joe McGinnity .778 (.77778) Brooklyn Superbas 1
Jesse Tannehill .769 (.76923) Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Chick Fraser .625 (.62500) Philadelphia Phillies 3
Brickyard Kennedy .606 (.60606) Brooklyn Superbas 4
Deacon Phillippe .606 (.60606) Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bill Bernhard .600 (.60000) Philadelphia Phillies 6
Red Donahue .600 (.60000) Philadelphia Phillies  
Bill Dinneen .588 (.58824) Boston Beaneaters 8
Jack Chesbro .536 (.53571) Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Frank Kitson .536 (.53571) Brooklyn Superbas  
Sam Leever .536 (.53571) Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ted Lewis .520 (.52000) Boston Beaneaters 12
Clark Griffith .519 (.51852) Chicago Orphans 13
Jack Powell .515 (.51515) St. Louis Cardinals 14
Ted Breitenstein .500 (.50000) Cincinnati Reds 15
Pink Hawley .500 (.50000) New York Giants  
Al Orth .500 (.50000) Philadelphia Phillies  
Cy Young .500 (.50000) St. Louis Cardinals  
Wiley Piatt .474 (.47368) Philadelphia Phillies 19
Jack Dunn .471 (.47059) Brooklyn Superbas 20
Philadelphia Phillies  
Bill Carrick .463 (.46341) New York Giants 21
Ed Scott .459 (.45946) Cincinnati Reds 22
Bill Phillips .450 (.45000) Cincinnati Reds 23
Nixey Callahan .448 (.44828) Chicago Orphans 24
Kid Nichols .448 (.44828) Boston Beaneaters  



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.

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).

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