Winning Percentage : 1980 National League Top 25

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"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)
 

1980 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jim Bibby .760 (.76000) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Jerry Reuss .750 (.75000) Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Steve Carlton .727 (.72727) Philadelphia Phillies 3
Don Sutton .722 (.72222) Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Frank Pastore .650 (.65000) Cincinnati Reds 5
Burt Hooton .636 (.63636) Los Angeles Dodgers 6
Dick Ruthven .630 (.62963) Philadelphia Phillies 7
Joe Niekro .625 (.62500) Houston Astros 8
Bob Welch .609 (.60870) Los Angeles Dodgers 9
Steve Rogers .593 (.59259) Montreal Expos 10
Scott Sanderson .593 (.59259) Montreal Expos  
Vida Blue .583 (.58333) San Francisco Giants 12
Tommy Boggs .571 (.57143) Atlanta Braves 13
Pete Vuckovich .571 (.57143) St. Louis Cardinals  
Doyle Alexander .560 (.56000) Atlanta Braves 15
Mark Bomback .556 (.55556) New York Mets 16
John Curtis .556 (.55556) San Diego Padres  
Tom Seaver .556 (.55556) Cincinnati Reds  
Mario Soto .556 (.55556) Cincinnati Reds  
Steve Mura .533 (.53333) San Diego Padres 20
Charlie Leibrandt .526 (.52632) Cincinnati Reds 21
Bob Forsch .524 (.52381) St. Louis Cardinals 22
Nolan Ryan .524 (.52381) Houston Astros  
Ken Forsch .480 (.48000) Houston Astros 24
Lynn McGlothen .462 (.46154) Chicago Cubs 25



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.

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).

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.