Top 25 Winning Percentage in 1950 in the National League

Winning Percentage : 1950 National League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)

1950 Winning Percentage Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Winning Percentage Team Rank

Sal Maglie .818 (.81818) New York Giants 1

Frank Hiller .706 (.70588) Chicago Cubs 2

Jim Konstanty .696 (.69565) Philadelphia Phillies 3

Curt Simmons .680 (.68000) Philadelphia Phillies 4

Bob Miller .647 (.64706) Philadelphia Phillies 5

Robin Roberts .645 (.64516) Philadelphia Phillies 6

Don Newcombe .633 (.63333) Brooklyn Dodgers 7

Preacher Roe .633 (.63333) Brooklyn Dodgers

Erv Palica .619 (.61905) Brooklyn Dodgers 9

Johnny Sain .606 (.60606) Boston Braves 10

Larry Jansen .594 (.59375) New York Giants 11

Howie Fox .579 (.57895) Cincinnati Reds 12

Vern Bickford .576 (.57576) Boston Braves 13

Warren Spahn .553 (.55263) Boston Braves 14

Al Brazle .550 (.55000) St. Louis Cardinals 15

Max Lanier .550 (.55000) St. Louis Cardinals

Ewell Blackwell .531 (.53125) Cincinnati Reds 17

Howie Pollet .519 (.51852) St. Louis Cardinals 18

Jerry Staley .500 (.50000) St. Louis Cardinals 19

Red Munger .467 (.46667) St. Louis Cardinals 20

Dave Koslo .464 (.46429) New York Giants 21

Russ Meyer .450 (.45000) Philadelphia Phillies 22

Sheldon Jones .448 (.44828) New York Giants 23

Cliff Chambers .444 (.44444) Pittsburgh Pirates 24

Bill MacDonald .444 (.44444) Pittsburgh Pirates

Name Winning Percentage Team Rank

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

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?

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.

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