Winning Percentage : 1925 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1925 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bill Sherdel .714 (.71429) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Dazzy Vance .710 (.70968) Brooklyn Robins 2
Vic Aldridge .682 (.68182) Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Ray Kremer .680 (.68000) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Larry Benton .667 (.66667) Boston Braves 5
Eppa Rixey .656 (.65625) Cincinnati Reds 6
Lee Meadows .655 (.65517) Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Emil Yde .654 (.65385) Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Pete Donohue .600 (.60000) Cincinnati Reds 9
Kent Greenfield .600 (.60000) New York Giants  
Grover Alexander .577 (.57692) Chicago Cubs 11
Virgil Barnes .577 (.57692) New York Giants  
Jack Bentley .550 (.55000) New York Giants 13
Art Nehf .550 (.55000) New York Giants  
Johnny Morrison .548 (.54839) Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Joe Genewich .545 (.54545) Boston Braves 16
Johnny Cooney .500 (.50000) Boston Braves 17
Tony Kaufmann .500 (.50000) Chicago Cubs  
Jesse Petty .500 (.50000) Brooklyn Robins  
Allen Sothoron .500 (.50000) St. Louis Cardinals  
Jack Scott .483 (.48276) New York Giants 21
Hal Carlson .481 (.48148) Philadelphia Phillies 22
Jesse Haines .481 (.48148) St. Louis Cardinals  
Dolf Luque .471 (.47059) Cincinnati Reds 24
Jimmy Ring .467 (.46667) Philadelphia Phillies 25



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

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 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?