Winning Percentage : 1918 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1918 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Claude Hendrix .741 (.74074) Chicago Cubs 1
Lefty Tyler .704 (.70370) Chicago Cubs 2
Erskine Mayer .696 (.69565) Philadelphia Phillies 3
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Hippo Vaughn .688 (.68750) Chicago Cubs 4
Burleigh Grimes .679 (.67857) Brooklyn Robins 5
Red Causey .647 (.64706) New York Giants 6
Jimmy Ring .643 (.64286) Cincinnati Reds 7
Rube Bressler .615 (.61538) Cincinnati Reds 8
Elmer Jacobs .600 (.60000) Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Philadelphia Phillies  
Pol Perritt .581 (.58065) New York Giants 10
Frank Miller .579 (.57895) Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Wilbur Cooper .576 (.57576) Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Al Demaree .571 (.57143) New York Giants 13
Hod Eller .571 (.57143) Cincinnati Reds  
George Smith .533 (.53333) Cincinnati Reds 15
New York Giants  
Brooklyn Robins  
Phil Douglas .526 (.52632) Chicago Cubs 16
Brad Hogg .500 (.50000) Philadelphia Phillies 17
Art Nehf .500 (.50000) Boston Braves  
Gene Packard .500 (.50000) St. Louis Cardinals  
Slim Sallee .500 (.50000) New York Giants  
Fred Toney .500 (.50000) Cincinnati Reds  
New York Giants  
Mike Prendergast .481 (.48148) Philadelphia Phillies 22
Dick Rudolph .474 (.47368) Boston Braves 23
Larry Cheney .458 (.45833) Brooklyn Robins 24
Bunny Hearn .455 (.45455) Boston Braves 25



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.

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