1972 Winning Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Winning Percentage	Team	Rank
Gary Nolan	.750 (.75000)	Cincinnati Reds	1
Steve Carlton	.730 (.72973)	Philadelphia Phillies	2
Milt Pappas	.708 (.70833)	Chicago Cubs	3
Steve Blass	.704 (.70370)	Pittsburgh Pirates	4
Tommy John	.688 (.68750)	Los Angeles Dodgers	5
Dock Ellis	.682 (.68182)	Pittsburgh Pirates	6
Don Sutton	.679 (.67857)	Los Angeles Dodgers	7
Ron Bryant	.667 (.66667)	San Francisco Giants	8
Larry Dierker	.652 (.65217)	Houston Astros	9
Claude Osteen	.645 (.64516)	Los Angeles Dodgers	10
Ross Grimsley	.636 (.63636)	Cincinnati Reds	11
Tom Seaver	.636 (.63636)	New York Mets
Bob Gibson	.633 (.63333)	St. Louis Cardinals	13
Dave Roberts	.632 (.63158)	Houston Astros	14
Fergie Jenkins	.625 (.62500)	Chicago Cubs	15
Jon Matlack	.600 (.60000)	New York Mets	16
Don Wilson	.600 (.60000)	Houston Astros
Bill Hands	.579 (.57895)	Chicago Cubs	18
Jim McAndrew	.579 (.57895)	New York Mets
Phil Niekro	.571 (.57143)	Atlanta Braves	20
Mike Torrez	.571 (.57143)	Montreal Expos
Bob Moose	.565 (.56522)	Pittsburgh Pirates	22
Nelson Briles	.560 (.56000)	Pittsburgh Pirates	23
Sam McDowell	.556 (.55556)	San Francisco Giants	24
Jack Billingham	.500 (.50000)	Cincinnati Reds	25
Name	Winning Percentage	Team	Rank

	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. 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.