Winning Percentage : 1945 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 key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1945 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Harry Brecheen .789 (.78947) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Ken Burkhart .692 (.69231) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Hank Wyse .688 (.68750) Chicago Cubs 3
Van Mungo .667 (.66667) New York Giants 4
Red Barrett .657 (.65714) Boston Braves 5
St. Louis Cardinals  
Claude Passeau .654 (.65385) Chicago Cubs 6
Ray Prim .619 (.61905) Chicago Cubs 7
Nick Strincevich .615 (.61538) Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Paul Derringer .593 (.59259) Chicago Cubs 9
Hal Gregg .581 (.58065) Brooklyn Dodgers 10
Jack Brewer .571 (.57143) New York Giants 11
Max Butcher .556 (.55556) Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Rip Sewell .550 (.55000) Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Johnny Hutchings .538 (.53846) Boston Braves 14
Preacher Roe .519 (.51852) Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Andy Karl .500 (.50000) Philadelphia Phillies 16
Bill Lee .500 (.50000) Philadelphia Phillies  
Boston Braves  
Bill Voiselle .500 (.50000) New York Giants  
Bucky Walters .500 (.50000) Cincinnati Reds  
Harry Feldman .480 (.48000) New York Giants 20
Vic Lombardi .476 (.47619) Brooklyn Dodgers 21
Joe Bowman .458 (.45833) Cincinnati Reds 22
Blix Donnelly .444 (.44444) St. Louis Cardinals 23
Ed Heusser .407 (.40741) Cincinnati Reds 24
Jim Tobin .391 (.39130) Boston Braves 25



Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

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.