Winning Percentage : 1978 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:

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1978 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Gaylord Perry .778 (.77778) San Diego Padres 1
Don Robinson .700 (.70000) Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Burt Hooton .655 (.65517) Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Ross Grimsley .645 (.64516) Montreal Expos 4
Vida Blue .643 (.64286) San Francisco Giants 5
Tommy John .630 (.62963) Los Angeles Dodgers 6
Doug Rau .625 (.62500) Los Angeles Dodgers 7
J.R. Richard .621 (.62069) Houston Astros 8
Bob Knepper .607 (.60714) San Francisco Giants 9
Craig Swan .600 (.60000) New York Mets 10
Bert Blyleven .583 (.58333) Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Randy Lerch .579 (.57895) Philadelphia Phillies 12
Dick Ruthven .577 (.57692) Atlanta Braves 13
Philadelphia Phillies  
Don Sutton .577 (.57692) Los Angeles Dodgers  
Steve Rogers .565 (.56522) Montreal Expos 15
John Denny .560 (.56000) St. Louis Cardinals 16
Rick Rhoden .556 (.55556) Los Angeles Dodgers 17
Steve Carlton .552 (.55172) Philadelphia Phillies 18
John Montefusco .550 (.55000) San Francisco Giants 19
Fred Norman .550 (.55000) Cincinnati Reds  
Tom Seaver .533 (.53333) Cincinnati Reds 21
John Candelaria .522 (.52174) Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Phil Niekro .514 (.51351) Atlanta Braves 23
Joe Niekro .500 (.50000) Houston Astros 24
Pete Vuckovich .500 (.50000) St. Louis Cardinals  



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

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.