Winning Percentage : 1944 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)
 

1944 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ted Wilks .810 (.80952) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Harry Brecheen .762 (.76190) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Mort Cooper .759 (.75862) St. Louis Cardinals 3
Bucky Walters .742 (.74194) Cincinnati Reds 4
Nick Strincevich .667 (.66667) Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Rip Sewell .636 (.63636) Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Claude Passeau .625 (.62500) Chicago Cubs 7
Fritz Ostermueller .619 (.61905) Brooklyn Dodgers 8
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Max Lanier .586 (.58621) St. Louis Cardinals 9
Harry Gumbert .583 (.58333) St. Louis Cardinals 10
Cincinnati Reds  
Bill Voiselle .568 (.56757) New York Giants 11
Clyde Shoun .565 (.56522) Cincinnati Reds 12
Bob Chipman .545 (.54545) Brooklyn Dodgers 13
Chicago Cubs  
Max Butcher .542 (.54167) Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Ed Heusser .542 (.54167) Cincinnati Reds  
Preacher Roe .542 (.54167) Pittsburgh Pirates  
Nate Andrews .516 (.51613) Boston Braves 17
Hank Wyse .516 (.51613) Chicago Cubs  
Tommy de la Cruz .500 (.50000) Cincinnati Reds 19
Jim Tobin .486 (.48649) Boston Braves 20
Curt Davis .476 (.47619) Brooklyn Dodgers 21
Bill Lee .476 (.47619) Philadelphia Phillies  
Bill Fleming .474 (.47368) Chicago Cubs 23
Harry Feldman .458 (.45833) New York Giants 24
Charley Schanz .448 (.44828) Philadelphia Phillies 25



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