Winning Percentage : 2005 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

2005 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Chris Carpenter .808 (.80769) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Carlos Zambrano .700 (.70000) Chicago Cubs 2
Dontrelle Willis .688 (.68750) Florida Marlins 3
Mark Mulder .667 (.66667) St. Louis Cardinals 4
John Smoltz .667 (.66667) Atlanta Braves  
Andy Pettitte .654 (.65385) Houston Astros 6
Josh Beckett .652 (.65217) Florida Marlins 7
Pedro Martinez .652 (.65217) New York Mets  
Jake Peavy .650 (.65000) San Diego Padres 9
Jason Schmidt .632 (.63158) San Francisco Giants 10
Roy Oswalt .625 (.62500) Houston Astros 11
Roger Clemens .619 (.61905) Houston Astros 12
Brett Myers .619 (.61905) Philadelphia Phillies  
Jeff Suppan .615 (.61538) St. Louis Cardinals 14
Mark Prior .611 (.61111) Chicago Cubs 15
Tim Hudson .609 (.60870) Atlanta Braves 16
Chris Capuano .600 (.60000) Milwaukee Brewers 17
Livan Hernandez .600 (.60000) Washington Nationals  
Matt Morris .583 (.58333) St. Louis Cardinals 19
Jon Lieber .567 (.56667) Philadelphia Phillies 20
John Patterson .563 (.56250) Washington Nationals 21
Jeff Weaver .560 (.56000) Los Angeles Dodgers 22
Kris Benson .556 (.55556) New York Mets 23
Tomo Ohka .550 (.55000) Washington Nationals 24
Milwaukee Brewers  
Horacio Ramirez .550 (.55000) Atlanta Braves  



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?

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.