Winning Percentage : 1968 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
 

1968 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Steve Blass .750 (.75000) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Juan Marichal .743 (.74286) San Francisco Giants 2
Bob Gibson .710 (.70968) St. Louis Cardinals 3
Bobby Bolin .667 (.66667) San Francisco Giants 4
Ray Washburn .636 (.63636) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Nelson Briles .633 (.63333) St. Louis Cardinals 6
Bill Hands .615 (.61538) Chicago Cubs 7
Jim Maloney .615 (.61538) Cincinnati Reds  
Jerry Koosman .613 (.61290) New York Mets 9
Chris Short .594 (.59375) Philadelphia Phillies 10
Joe Niekro .583 (.58333) Chicago Cubs 11
Pat Jarvis .571 (.57143) Atlanta Braves 12
Fergie Jenkins .571 (.57143) Chicago Cubs  
Tom Seaver .571 (.57143) New York Mets  
Gerry Arrigo .545 (.54545) Cincinnati Reds 15
Steve Carlton .542 (.54167) St. Louis Cardinals 16
Don Drysdale .538 (.53846) Los Angeles Dodgers 17
Phil Niekro .538 (.53846) Atlanta Braves  
Ron Reed .524 (.52381) Atlanta Braves 19
Gaylord Perry .516 (.51613) San Francisco Giants 20
Bob Veale .481 (.48148) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Milt Pappas .480 (.48000) Cincinnati Reds 22
Atlanta Braves  
Dick Selma .474 (.47368) New York Mets 23
Woodie Fryman .462 (.46154) Philadelphia Phillies 24
Mike McCormick .462 (.46154) San Francisco Giants  



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).

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.