Winning Percentage : 1952 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:

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1952 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Preacher Roe .846 (.84615) Brooklyn Dodgers 1
Hoyt Wilhelm .833 (.83333) New York Giants 2
Robin Roberts .800 (.80000) Philadelphia Phillies 3
Carl Erskine .700 (.70000) Brooklyn Dodgers 4
Sal Maglie .692 (.69231) New York Giants 5
Jim Hearn .667 (.66667) New York Giants 6
Curt Simmons .636 (.63636) Philadelphia Phillies 7
Warren Hacker .625 (.62500) Chicago Cubs 8
Billy Loes .619 (.61905) Brooklyn Dodgers 9
Paul Minner .609 (.60870) Chicago Cubs 10
Dave Koslo .588 (.58824) New York Giants 11
Ken Raffensberger .567 (.56667) Cincinnati Reds 12
Bob Rush .567 (.56667) Chicago Cubs  
Vinegar Bend Mizell .556 (.55556) St. Louis Cardinals 14
Ben Wade .550 (.55000) Brooklyn Dodgers 15
Jerry Staley .548 (.54839) St. Louis Cardinals 16
Harry Perkowski .545 (.54545) Cincinnati Reds 17
Larry Jansen .500 (.50000) New York Giants 18
Karl Drews .483 (.48276) Philadelphia Phillies 19
Russ Meyer .481 (.48148) Philadelphia Phillies 20
Max Surkont .480 (.48000) Boston Braves 21
Jim Wilson .462 (.46154) Boston Braves 22
Herm Wehmeier .450 (.45000) Cincinnati Reds 23
Warren Spahn .424 (.42424) Boston Braves 24
Murry Dickson .400 (.40000) Pittsburgh Pirates 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.

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

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.