Winning Percentage : 1913 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1913 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bert Humphries .800 (.80000) Chicago Cubs 1
Al Demaree .765 (.76471) New York Giants 2
Grover Alexander .733 (.73333) Philadelphia Phillies 3
George Pierce .722 (.72222) Chicago Cubs 4
Rube Marquard .697 (.69697) New York Giants 5
Christy Mathewson .694 (.69444) New York Giants 6
Tom Seaton .692 (.69231) Philadelphia Phillies 7
Babe Adams .677 (.67742) Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Eppa Rixey .643 (.64286) Philadelphia Phillies 9
Jeff Tesreau .629 (.62857) New York Giants 10
Hank Robinson .609 (.60870) Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Larry Cheney .600 (.60000) Chicago Cubs 12
Slim Sallee .559 (.55882) St. Louis Cardinals 13
Hub Perdue .552 (.55172) Boston Braves 14
Art Fromme .545 (.54545) Cincinnati Reds 15
New York Giants  
Ad Brennan .538 (.53846) Philadelphia Phillies 16
Dick Rudolph .519 (.51852) Boston Braves 17
Erskine Mayer .500 (.50000) Philadelphia Phillies 18
Lefty Tyler .485 (.48485) Boston Braves 19
Claude Hendrix .483 (.48276) Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Nap Rucker .483 (.48276) Brooklyn Dodgers  
Red Ames .481 (.48148) New York Giants 22
Cincinnati Reds  
Mordecai Brown .478 (.47826) Cincinnati Reds 23
Chief Johnson .467 (.46667) Cincinnati Reds 24
Pat Ragan .455 (.45455) 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.

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

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?