Winning Percentage : 1966 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)
 

1966 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Juan Marichal .806 (.80645) San Francisco Giants 1
Sandy Koufax .750 (.75000) Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Gaylord Perry .724 (.72414) San Francisco Giants 3
Jim Maloney .667 (.66667) Cincinnati Reds 4
Chris Short .667 (.66667) Philadelphia Phillies  
Bob Gibson .636 (.63636) St. Louis Cardinals 6
Ken Johnson .636 (.63636) Atlanta Braves  
Vern Law .600 (.60000) Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Denny Lemaster .579 (.57895) Atlanta Braves 9
Jim Bunning .576 (.57576) Philadelphia Phillies 10
Woodie Fryman .571 (.57143) Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Bob Veale .571 (.57143) Pittsburgh Pirates  
Tony Cloninger .560 (.56000) Atlanta Braves 13
Larry Dierker .556 (.55556) Houston Astros 14
Dennis Ribant .550 (.55000) New York Mets 15
Ray Washburn .550 (.55000) St. Louis Cardinals  
Claude Osteen .548 (.54839) Los Angeles Dodgers 17
Mike Cuellar .545 (.54545) Houston Astros 18
Bobby Bolin .524 (.52381) San Francisco Giants 19
Milt Pappas .522 (.52174) Cincinnati Reds 20
Dave Giusti .517 (.51724) Houston Astros 21
Larry Jackson .500 (.50000) Chicago Cubs 22
Philadelphia Phillies  
Don Sutton .500 (.50000) Los Angeles Dodgers  
Al Jackson .464 (.46429) St. Louis Cardinals 24
Bob Shaw .462 (.46154) San Francisco Giants 25
New York Mets  



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?

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.

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.