Winning Percentage : 1936 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1936 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League
Carl Hubbell .813 (.81250) New York Giants 1
Red Lucas .789 (.78947) Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Larry French .667 (.66667) Chicago Cubs 3
Dizzy Dean .649 (.64865) St. Louis Cardinals 4
Jim Weaver .636 (.63636) Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Bill Lee .621 (.62069) Chicago Cubs 6
Tex Carleton .583 (.58333) Chicago Cubs 7
Danny MacFayden .567 (.56667) Boston Bees 8
Fred Frankhouse .565 (.56522) Brooklyn Dodgers 9
Lon Warneke .552 (.55172) Chicago Cubs 10
Frank Gabler .529 (.52941) New York Giants 11
Jim Winford .524 (.52381) St. Louis Cardinals 12
Al Smith .519 (.51852) New York Giants 13
Curt Davis .500 (.50000) Philadelphia Phillies 14
Chicago Cubs  
Paul Derringer .500 (.50000) Cincinnati Reds  
Orville Jorgens .500 (.50000) Philadelphia Phillies  
Roy Parmelee .500 (.50000) St. Louis Cardinals  
Gene Schott .500 (.50000) Cincinnati Reds  
Bill Swift .500 (.50000) Pittsburgh Pirates  
Van Mungo .486 (.48649) Brooklyn Dodgers 20
Mace Brown .476 (.47619) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Al Hollingsworth .474 (.47368) Cincinnati Reds 22
Cy Blanton .464 (.46429) Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Ed Brandt .458 (.45833) Brooklyn Dodgers 24
Hal Schumacher .458 (.45833) New York Giants  



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?

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

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).
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