1942 Winning Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Winning Percentage	Team	Rank
Johnny Beazley	.778 (.77778)	St. Louis Cardinals	1
Mort Cooper	.759 (.75862)	St. Louis Cardinals	2
Bill Lohrman	.737 (.73684)	St. Louis Cardinals	3
		New York Giants
Whit Wyatt	.731 (.73077)	Brooklyn Dodgers	4
Curt Davis	.714 (.71429)	Brooklyn Dodgers	5
Harry Gumbert	.643 (.64286)	St. Louis Cardinals	6
Max Lanier	.619 (.61905)	St. Louis Cardinals	7
Johnny Vander Meer	.600 (.60000)	Cincinnati Reds	8
Kirby Higbe	.593 (.59259)	Brooklyn Dodgers	9
Carl Hubbell	.579 (.57895)	New York Giants	10
Claude Passeau	.576 (.57576)	Chicago Cubs	11
Ray Starr	.536 (.53571)	Cincinnati Reds	12
Rip Sewell	.531 (.53125)	Pittsburgh Pirates	13
Bob Carpenter	.524 (.52381)	New York Giants	14
Bucky Walters	.517 (.51724)	Cincinnati Reds	15
Bill Lee	.500 (.50000)	Chicago Cubs	16
Lon Warneke	.500 (.50000)	St. Louis Cardinals
		Chicago Cubs
Hal Schumacher	.480 (.48000)	New York Giants	18
Paul Derringer	.476 (.47619)	Cincinnati Reds	19
Al Javery	.429 (.42857)	Boston Braves	20
Bob Klinger	.421 (.42105)	Pittsburgh Pirates	21
Tommy Hughes	.400 (.40000)	Philadelphia Phillies	22
Hi Bithorn	.391 (.39130)	Chicago Cubs	23
Elmer Riddle	.389 (.38889)	Cincinnati Reds	24
Jim Tobin	.364 (.36364)	Boston Braves	25
Name	Winning Percentage	Team	Rank

	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). 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.