Winning Percentage : 1884 Union Association Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1884 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the Union Association

Perry Werden .923 (.92308) St. Louis Maroons 1
Jim McCormick .875 (.87500) Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 2
Billy Taylor .862 (.86207) St. Louis Maroons 3
Charlie Hodnett .857 (.85714) St. Louis Maroons 4
Henry Boyle .833 (.83333) St. Louis Maroons 5
Charlie Sweeney .774 (.77419) St. Louis Maroons 6
Bill Sweeney .656 (.65574) Baltimore Monumentals 7
George Bradley .625 (.62500) Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 8
Dick Burns .605 (.60526) Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 9
Tommy Bond .591 (.59091) Boston Unions 10
Dupee Shaw .583 (.58333) Boston Unions 11
Bill Wise .561 (.56098) Washington Nationals 12
James Burke .559 (.55882) Boston Unions 13
Charlie Geggus .526 (.52632) Washington Nationals 14
Hugh Daily .500 (.50000) Chicago Browns 15
Washington Nationals  
Yank Robinson .500 (.50000) Baltimore Monumentals  
Phenomenal Smith .429 (.42857) Baltimore Monumentals 17
Tom Lee .385 (.38462) Baltimore Monumentals 18
Al Atkinson .375 (.37500) Chicago Browns 19
Baltimore Monumentals  
Jersey Bakley .348 (.34783) Philadelphia Keystones 20
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Kansas City Unions  
John Horan .333 (.33333) Chicago Browns 21
Abner Powell .333 (.33333) Washington Nationals  
Sam Weaver .333 (.33333) Philadelphia Keystones  
Bob Black .308 (.30769) Kansas City Unions 24
John Murphy .294 (.29412) Altoona Unions 25
Wilmington Quicksteps  



Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.

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?

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.