Winning Percentage : 1963 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)
 

1963 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Sandy Koufax .833 (.83333) Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Jim Maloney .767 (.76667) Cincinnati Reds 2
Warren Spahn .767 (.76667) Milwaukee Braves  
Juan Marichal .758 (.75758) San Francisco Giants 4
Ernie Broglio .692 (.69231) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Dick Ellsworth .688 (.68750) Chicago Cubs 6
Bob Gibson .667 (.66667) St. Louis Cardinals 7
Joe Nuxhall .652 (.65217) Cincinnati Reds 8
Curt Simmons .625 (.62500) St. Louis Cardinals 9
John Tsitouris .600 (.60000) Cincinnati Reds 10
Billy O'Dell .583 (.58333) San Francisco Giants 11
Don Nottebart .579 (.57895) Houston Colt .45s 12
Ray Culp .560 (.56000) Philadelphia Phillies 13
Bob Miller .556 (.55556) Los Angeles Dodgers 14
Jack Sanford .552 (.55172) San Francisco Giants 15
Jim O'Toole .548 (.54839) Cincinnati Reds 16
Cal McLish .542 (.54167) Philadelphia Phillies 17
Johnny Podres .538 (.53846) Los Angeles Dodgers 18
Don Drysdale .528 (.52778) Los Angeles Dodgers 19
Turk Farrell .519 (.51852) Houston Colt .45s 20
Bob Friend .515 (.51515) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Bob Hendley .500 (.50000) Milwaukee Braves 22
Ray Sadecki .500 (.50000) St. Louis Cardinals  
Don Cardwell .464 (.46429) Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Bob Buhl .440 (.44000) Chicago Cubs 25



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.

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.