Winning Percentage : 1911 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)
 

1911 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rube Marquard .774 (.77419) New York Giants 1
Doc Crandall .750 (.75000) New York Giants 2
King Cole .720 (.72000) Chicago Cubs 3
Grover Alexander .683 (.68293) Philadelphia Phillies 4
Christy Mathewson .667 (.66667) New York Giants 5
Mordecai Brown .656 (.65625) Chicago Cubs 6
Babe Adams .647 (.64706) Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Ed Reulbach .640 (.64000) Chicago Cubs 8
Slim Sallee .625 (.62500) St. Louis Cardinals 9
Bob Harmon .590 (.58974) St. Louis Cardinals 10
Lew Richie .577 (.57692) Chicago Cubs 11
Howie Camnitz .571 (.57143) Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Hooks Wiltse .571 (.57143) New York Giants  
George Chalmers .565 (.56522) Philadelphia Phillies 14
Nap Rucker .550 (.55000) Brooklyn Dodgers 15
George Suggs .536 (.53571) Cincinnati Reds 16
Red Ames .524 (.52381) New York Giants 17
Lefty Leifield .500 (.50000) Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Elmer Steele .500 (.50000) Pittsburgh Pirates  
Brooklyn Dodgers  
Bill Steele .486 (.48649) St. Louis Cardinals 20
Bobby Keefe .480 (.48000) Cincinnati Reds 21
Elmer Knetzer .478 (.47826) Brooklyn Dodgers 22
Art Fromme .476 (.47619) Cincinnati Reds 23
Earl Moore .441 (.44118) Philadelphia Phillies 24
Cy Barger .423 (.42308) Brooklyn Dodgers 25



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.

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 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?