Winning Percentage : 1977 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
 

1977 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

John Candelaria .800 (.80000) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Tom Seaver .778 (.77778) New York Mets 2
Cincinnati Reds  
Larry Christenson .760 (.76000) Philadelphia Phillies 3
Bob Forsch .741 (.74074) St. Louis Cardinals 4
Tommy John .741 (.74074) Los Angeles Dodgers  
Steve Carlton .697 (.69697) Philadelphia Phillies 6
Rick Reuschel .667 (.66667) Chicago Cubs 7
Doug Rau .636 (.63636) Los Angeles Dodgers 8
Don Sutton .636 (.63636) Los Angeles Dodgers  
Burt Hooton .632 (.63158) Los Angeles Dodgers 10
Randy Lerch .625 (.62500) Philadelphia Phillies 11
Joe Niekro .619 (.61905) Houston Astros 12
Rick Rhoden .615 (.61538) Los Angeles Dodgers 13
Jim Rooker .609 (.60870) Pittsburgh Pirates 14
J.R. Richard .600 (.60000) Houston Astros 15
Ed Halicki .571 (.57143) San Francisco Giants 16
Bob Knepper .550 (.55000) San Francisco Giants 17
Fred Norman .519 (.51852) Cincinnati Reds 18
Steve Rogers .515 (.51515) Montreal Expos 19
Jack Billingham .500 (.50000) Cincinnati Reds 20
Bruce Kison .474 (.47368) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Ray Burris .467 (.46667) Chicago Cubs 22
Phil Niekro .444 (.44444) Atlanta Braves 23
Bill Bonham .435 (.43478) Chicago Cubs 24
Nino Espinosa .435 (.43478) New York Mets  



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.

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?

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.