Winning Percentage : 1912 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)
 

1912 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Claude Hendrix .727 (.72727) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Larry Cheney .722 (.72222) Chicago Cubs 2
Jeff Tesreau .708 (.70833) New York Giants 3
Rube Marquard .703 (.70270) New York Giants 4
Red Ames .688 (.68750) New York Giants 5
Lew Richie .667 (.66667) Chicago Cubs 6
Christy Mathewson .657 (.65714) New York Giants 7
Doc Crandall .650 (.65000) New York Giants 8
Howie Camnitz .647 (.64706) Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Hank Robinson .632 (.63158) Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Ed Reulbach .625 (.62500) Chicago Cubs 11
Babe Adams .579 (.57895) Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Tom Seaton .571 (.57143) Philadelphia Phillies 13
Jimmy Lavender .552 (.55172) Chicago Cubs 14
Ad Brennan .550 (.55000) Philadelphia Phillies 15
George Suggs .543 (.54286) Cincinnati Reds 16
Grover Alexander .528 (.52778) Philadelphia Phillies 17
Bob Harmon .500 (.50000) St. Louis Cardinals 18
Eppa Rixey .500 (.50000) Philadelphia Phillies  
Slim Sallee .485 (.48485) St. Louis Cardinals 20
Rube Benton .474 (.47368) Cincinnati Reds 21
Art Fromme .471 (.47059) Cincinnati Reds 22
Marty O'Toole .469 (.46875) Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Nap Rucker .462 (.46154) Brooklyn Dodgers 24
Bert Humphries .450 (.45000) Cincinnati Reds 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).

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.