Winning Percentage : 1903 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)
 

1903 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Sam Leever .781 (.78125) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Deacon Phillippe .735 (.73529) Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Jake Weimer .714 (.71429) Chicago Cubs 3
Christy Mathewson .698 (.69767) New York Giants 4
Bob Wicker .690 (.68966) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Chicago Cubs  
Ed Doheny .667 (.66667) Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Noodles Hahn .647 (.64706) Cincinnati Reds 7
Jack Sutthoff .640 (.64000) Cincinnati Reds 8
Henry Schmidt .629 (.62857) Brooklyn Superbas 9
Joe McGinnity .608 (.60784) New York Giants 10
Brickyard Kennedy .600 (.60000) Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Jack Taylor .600 (.60000) Chicago Cubs  
Oscar Jones .576 (.57576) Brooklyn Superbas 13
Carl Lundgren .550 (.55000) Chicago Cubs 14
Bob Ewing .519 (.51852) Cincinnati Reds 15
Dummy Taylor .500 (.50000) New York Giants 16
Jack Harper .471 (.47059) Cincinnati Reds 17
Ned Garvin .455 (.45455) Brooklyn Superbas 18
Togie Pittinger .450 (.45000) Boston Beaneaters 19
Bill Duggleby .448 (.44828) Philadelphia Phillies 20
Jock Menefee .444 (.44444) Chicago Cubs 21
Tully Sparks .423 (.42308) Philadelphia Phillies 22
Chick Fraser .414 (.41379) Philadelphia Phillies 23
Mordecai Brown .409 (.40909) St. Louis Cardinals 24
John Malarkey .407 (.40741) Boston Beaneaters 25



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

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.

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?