Winning Percentage : 1954 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:

"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)
 

1954 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Johnny Antonelli .750 (.75000) New York Giants 1
Brooks Lawrence .714 (.71429) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Joe Nuxhall .706 (.70588) Cincinnati Redlegs 3
Sal Maglie .700 (.70000) New York Giants 4
Ruben Gomez .654 (.65385) New York Giants 5
Russ Meyer .647 (.64706) Brooklyn Dodgers 6
Warren Spahn .636 (.63636) Milwaukee Braves 7
Gene Conley .609 (.60870) Milwaukee Braves 8
Robin Roberts .605 (.60526) Philadelphia Phillies 9
Harvey Haddix .581 (.58065) St. Louis Cardinals 10
Carl Erskine .545 (.54545) Brooklyn Dodgers 11
Art Fowler .545 (.54545) Cincinnati Redlegs  
Corky Valentine .522 (.52174) Cincinnati Redlegs 13
Lew Burdette .517 (.51724) Milwaukee Braves 14
Paul Minner .500 (.50000) Chicago Cubs 15
Curt Simmons .483 (.48276) Philadelphia Phillies 16
Dick Littlefield .476 (.47619) Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Herm Wehmeier .476 (.47619) Cincinnati Redlegs  
Philadelphia Phillies  
Vic Raschi .471 (.47059) St. Louis Cardinals 19
Bob Rush .464 (.46429) Chicago Cubs 20
Vern Law .409 (.40909) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Bob Friend .368 (.36842) Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Jerry Staley .350 (.35000) St. Louis Cardinals 23
Murry Dickson .333 (.33333) Philadelphia Phillies 24
Max Surkont .333 (.33333) Pittsburgh Pirates  



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?

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).

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.