Winning Percentage : 1937 National League Top 25

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"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)
 

1937 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Carl Hubbell .733 (.73333) New York Giants 1
Charlie Root .722 (.72222) Chicago Cubs 2
Cliff Melton .690 (.68966) New York Giants 3
Russ Bauers .684 (.68421) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Tex Carleton .667 (.66667) Chicago Cubs 5
Lou Fette .667 (.66667) Boston Bees  
Slick Castleman .647 (.64706) New York Giants 7
Jim Turner .645 (.64516) Boston Bees 8
Lon Warneke .621 (.62069) St. Louis Cardinals 9
Larry French .615 (.61538) Chicago Cubs 10
Dizzy Dean .565 (.56522) St. Louis Cardinals 11
Cy Blanton .538 (.53846) Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Ed Brandt .524 (.52381) Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Hal Schumacher .520 (.52000) New York Giants 14
Bob Weiland .517 (.51724) St. Louis Cardinals 15
Si Johnson .500 (.50000) St. Louis Cardinals 16
Danny MacFayden .500 (.50000) Boston Bees  
Bill Lee .483 (.48276) Chicago Cubs 18
Bucky Walters .483 (.48276) Philadelphia Phillies  
Harry Gumbert .476 (.47619) New York Giants 20
Bill Swift .474 (.47368) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Waite Hoyt .471 (.47059) Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Brooklyn Dodgers  
Peaches Davis .458 (.45833) Cincinnati Reds 23
Luke Hamlin .458 (.45833) Brooklyn Dodgers  
Van Mungo .450 (.45000) Brooklyn Dodgers 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.

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).

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.