Winning Percentage : 1990 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1990 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Doug Drabek .786 (.78571) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Ramon Martinez .769 (.76923) Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Danny Darwin .733 (.73333) Houston Astros 3
Dwight Gooden .731 (.73077) New York Mets 4
John Burkett .667 (.66667) San Francisco Giants 5
Mike Harkey .667 (.66667) Chicago Cubs  
Jose Rijo .636 (.63636) Cincinnati Reds 7
Oil Can Boyd .625 (.62500) Montreal Expos 8
Tom Browning .625 (.62500) Cincinnati Reds  
Frank Viola .625 (.62500) New York Mets  
Ed Whitson .609 (.60870) San Diego Padres 11
David Cone .583 (.58333) New York Mets 12
Jack Armstrong .571 (.57143) Cincinnati Reds 13
Zane Smith .571 (.57143) Montreal Expos  
Pittsburgh Pirates  
John Smoltz .560 (.56000) Atlanta Braves 15
Bruce Hurst .550 (.55000) San Diego Padres 16
Mark Portugal .524 (.52381) Houston Astros 17
Scott Garrelts .522 (.52174) San Francisco Giants 18
Pat Combs .500 (.50000) Philadelphia Phillies 19
Greg Maddux .500 (.50000) Chicago Cubs  
Fernando Valenzuela .500 (.50000) Los Angeles Dodgers  
Andy Benes .476 (.47619) San Diego Padres 22
Dennis Martinez .476 (.47619) Montreal Expos  
Terry Mulholland .474 (.47368) Philadelphia Phillies 24
Tom Glavine .455 (.45455) Atlanta Braves 25



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?

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.

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).