Winning Percentage : 1965 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1965 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Sandy Koufax .765 (.76471) Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Bobby Bolin .700 (.70000) San Francisco Giants 2
Jim Maloney .690 (.68966) Cincinnati Reds 3
Sammy Ellis .688 (.68750) Cincinnati Reds 4
Tony Cloninger .686 (.68571) Milwaukee Braves 5
Jim Bunning .679 (.67857) Philadelphia Phillies 6
Don Drysdale .657 (.65714) Los Angeles Dodgers 7
Vern Law .654 (.65385) Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Bob Shaw .640 (.64000) San Francisco Giants 9
Juan Marichal .629 (.62857) San Francisco Giants 10
Bob Gibson .625 (.62500) St. Louis Cardinals 11
Chris Short .621 (.62069) Philadelphia Phillies 12
Wade Blasingame .615 (.61538) Milwaukee Braves 13
Ken Johnson .615 (.61538) Houston Astros  
Milwaukee Braves  
Bob Veale .586 (.58621) Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Ray Culp .583 (.58333) Philadelphia Phillies 16
Tracy Stallard .579 (.57895) St. Louis Cardinals 17
Ron Herbel .571 (.57143) San Francisco Giants 18
Don Cardwell .565 (.56522) Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Bob Buhl .542 (.54167) Chicago Cubs 20
Turk Farrell .500 (.50000) Houston Astros 21
Claude Osteen .500 (.50000) Los Angeles Dodgers  
Dick Ellsworth .483 (.48276) Chicago Cubs 23
Cal Koonce .438 (.43750) Chicago Cubs 24
Bob Friend .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.

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 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?