Winning Percentage : 1923 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1923 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dolf Luque .771 (.77143) Cincinnati Reds 1
Rosy Ryan .762 (.76190) New York Giants 2
Jack Scott .696 (.69565) New York Giants 3
Johnny Morrison .658 (.65789) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Babe Adams .650 (.65000) Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Grover Alexander .647 (.64706) Chicago Cubs 6
Vic Aldridge .640 (.64000) Chicago Cubs 7
Jack Bentley .619 (.61905) New York Giants 8
Jesse Haines .606 (.60606) St. Louis Cardinals 9
Vic Keen .600 (.60000) Chicago Cubs 10
Rube Benton .583 (.58333) Cincinnati Reds 11
Pete Donohue .583 (.58333) Cincinnati Reds  
Tony Kaufmann .583 (.58333) Chicago Cubs  
Eppa Rixey .571 (.57143) Cincinnati Reds 14
Lee Meadows .567 (.56667) Philadelphia Phillies 15
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Art Nehf .565 (.56522) New York Giants 16
Dazzy Vance .545 (.54545) Brooklyn Robins 17
Burleigh Grimes .538 (.53846) Brooklyn Robins 18
Bill Sherdel .536 (.53571) St. Louis Cardinals 19
Jimmy Ring .529 (.52941) Philadelphia Phillies 20
Hugh McQuillan .517 (.51724) New York Giants 21
Dutch Ruether .517 (.51724) Brooklyn Robins  
Joe Genewich .481 (.48148) Boston Braves 23
Fred Toney .478 (.47826) St. Louis Cardinals 24
Wilbur Cooper .472 (.47222) Pittsburgh Pirates 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.

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.