Winning Percentage : 1919 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)
 

1919 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dutch Ruether .760 (.76000) Cincinnati Reds 1
Slim Sallee .750 (.75000) Cincinnati Reds 2
Ray Fisher .737 (.73684) Cincinnati Reds 3
Jesse Barnes .735 (.73529) New York Giants 4
Fred Toney .684 (.68421) New York Giants 5
Hod Eller .679 (.67857) Cincinnati Reds 6
Babe Adams .630 (.62963) Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Red Causey .619 (.61905) New York Giants 8
Boston Braves  
Rube Benton .607 (.60714) New York Giants 9
Art Nehf .607 (.60714) Boston Braves  
New York Giants  
Hippo Vaughn .600 (.60000) Chicago Cubs 11
Wilbur Cooper .594 (.59375) Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Grover Alexander .593 (.59259) Chicago Cubs 13
Jeff Pfeffer .567 (.56667) Brooklyn Robins 14
Marv Goodwin .550 (.55000) St. Louis Cardinals 15
Phil Douglas .545 (.54545) Chicago Cubs 16
New York Giants  
Leon Cadore .538 (.53846) Brooklyn Robins 17
Jimmy Ring .526 (.52632) Cincinnati Reds 18
Frank Miller .520 (.52000) Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Speed Martin .500 (.50000) Chicago Cubs 20
Bill Doak .481 (.48148) St. Louis Cardinals 21
Burleigh Grimes .476 (.47619) Brooklyn Robins 22
Al Mamaux .455 (.45455) Brooklyn Robins 23
Earl Hamilton .421 (.42105) Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Dick Rudolph .419 (.41935) Boston Braves 25



Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

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.