Winning Percentage : 1927 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)
 

1927 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Larry Benton .708 (.70833) Boston Braves 1
New York Giants  
Jesse Haines .706 (.70588) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Burleigh Grimes .704 (.70370) New York Giants 3
Ray Kremer .704 (.70370) Pittsburgh Pirates  
Grover Alexander .677 (.67742) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Carmen Hill .667 (.66667) Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Lee Meadows .655 (.65517) Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Dutch Henry .647 (.64706) New York Giants 8
Charlie Root .634 (.63415) Chicago Cubs 9
Freddie Fitzsimmons .630 (.62963) New York Giants 10
Red Lucas .621 (.62069) Cincinnati Reds 11
Vic Aldridge .600 (.60000) Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Bill Sherdel .586 (.58621) St. Louis Cardinals 13
Joe Genewich .579 (.57895) Boston Braves 14
Virgil Barnes .560 (.56000) New York Giants 15
Jakie May .556 (.55556) Cincinnati Reds 16
Hal Carlson .552 (.55172) Philadelphia Phillies 17
Chicago Cubs  
Eppa Rixey .545 (.54545) Cincinnati Reds 18
Dolf Luque .520 (.52000) Cincinnati Reds 19
Dazzy Vance .516 (.51613) Brooklyn Robins 20
Guy Bush .500 (.50000) Chicago Cubs 21
Sheriff Blake .481 (.48148) Chicago Cubs 22
Flint Rhem .455 (.45455) St. Louis Cardinals 23
Kent Greenfield .448 (.44828) New York Giants 24
Boston Braves  
Dutch Ulrich .421 (.42105) Philadelphia Phillies 25



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 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?

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.