Winning Percentage : 1955 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)
 

1955 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Don Newcombe .800 (.80000) Brooklyn Dodgers 1
Robin Roberts .622 (.62162) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Lew Burdette .619 (.61905) Milwaukee Braves 3
Gene Conley .611 (.61111) Milwaukee Braves 4
Bob Friend .609 (.60870) Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Joe Nuxhall .586 (.58621) Cincinnati Redlegs 6
Luis Arroyo .579 (.57895) St. Louis Cardinals 7
Carl Erskine .579 (.57895) Brooklyn Dodgers  
Warren Spahn .548 (.54839) Milwaukee Braves 9
Bob Buhl .542 (.54167) Milwaukee Braves 10
Bob Rush .542 (.54167) Chicago Cubs  
Art Fowler .524 (.52381) Cincinnati Redlegs 12
Murry Dickson .522 (.52174) Philadelphia Phillies 13
Vern Law .500 (.50000) Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Paul Minner .500 (.50000) Chicago Cubs  
Ruben Gomez .474 (.47368) New York Giants 16
Johnny Podres .474 (.47368) Brooklyn Dodgers  
Johnny Antonelli .467 (.46667) New York Giants 18
Jim Hearn .467 (.46667) New York Giants  
Herm Wehmeier .455 (.45455) Philadelphia Phillies 20
Harvey Haddix .429 (.42857) St. Louis Cardinals 21
Warren Hacker .423 (.42308) Chicago Cubs 22
Sam Jones .412 (.41176) Chicago Cubs 23
Larry Jackson .391 (.39130) St. Louis Cardinals 24
Max Surkont .333 (.33333) Pittsburgh Pirates 25



Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

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.