Winning Percentage : 1906 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)
 

1906 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ed Reulbach .826 (.82609) Chicago Cubs 1
Mordecai Brown .813 (.81250) Chicago Cubs 2
Sam Leever .759 (.75862) Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Carl Lundgren .739 (.73913) Chicago Cubs 4
Jack Pfiester .714 (.71429) Chicago Cubs 5
Joe McGinnity .692 (.69231) New York Giants 6
Orval Overall .667 (.66667) Cincinnati Reds 7
Chicago Cubs  
Dummy Taylor .654 (.65385) New York Giants 8
Christy Mathewson .647 (.64706) New York Giants 9
Vic Willis .639 (.63889) Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Jack Taylor .625 (.62500) St. Louis Cardinals 11
Chicago Cubs  
Fred Beebe .600 (.60000) Chicago Cubs 12
St. Louis Cardinals  
Deacon Phillippe .600 (.60000) Pittsburgh Pirates  
Hooks Wiltse .593 (.59259) New York Giants 14
Jake Weimer .588 (.58824) Cincinnati Reds 15
Lefty Leifield .581 (.58065) Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Doc Scanlan .581 (.58065) Brooklyn Superbas  
Red Ames .545 (.54545) New York Giants 18
Johnny Lush .545 (.54545) Philadelphia Phillies  
Tully Sparks .543 (.54286) Philadelphia Phillies 20
Bob Ewing .481 (.48148) Cincinnati Reds 21
Carl Druhot .471 (.47059) Cincinnati Reds 22
St. Louis Cardinals  
Lew Richie .450 (.45000) Philadelphia Phillies 23
Elmer Stricklett .438 (.43750) Brooklyn Superbas 24
Jim Pastorius .417 (.41667) Brooklyn Superbas 25



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.

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.