Winning Percentage : 1986 National League Top 25

Top 25 Winning Percentage in the National League in 1986

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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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)

1986 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

1 Bob Ojeda .783 (.78261) New York Mets
2 Dwight Gooden .739 (.73913) New York Mets
3 Sid Fernandez .727 (.72727) New York Mets
4 Ron Darling .714 (.71429) New York Mets
5 Mike Krukow .690 (.68966) San Francisco Giants
6 Fernando Valenzuela .656 (.65625) Los Angeles Dodgers
7 John Tudor .650 (.65000) St. Louis Cardinals
8 Mike Scott .643 (.64286) Houston Astros
9 Nolan Ryan .600 (.60000) Houston Astros
10 Scott Garrelts .591 (.59091) San Francisco Giants
11 Bob Knepper .586 (.58621) Houston Astros
12 Bob Forsch .583 (.58333) St. Louis Cardinals
13 Bill Gullickson .556 (.55556) Cincinnati Reds
  Andy Hawkins .556 (.55556) San Diego Padres
  Rick Rhoden .556 (.55556) Pittsburgh Pirates
  Bryn Smith .556 (.55556) Montreal Expos
17 Rick Honeycutt .550 (.55000) Los Angeles Dodgers
18 John Denny .524 (.52381) Cincinnati Reds
  Dave Palmer .524 (.52381) Atlanta Braves
20 Floyd Youmans .520 (.52000) Montreal Expos
21 Tom Browning .519 (.51852) Cincinnati Reds
22 Kevin Gross .500 (.50000) Philadelphia Phillies
  Orel Hershiser .500 (.50000) Los Angeles Dodgers
24 Danny Cox .480 (.48000) St. Louis Cardinals
25 Dave Dravecky .450 (.45000) San Diego Padres

Top 25 Winning Percentage in the National League in 1986

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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?

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

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).