Winning Percentage : 2006 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
 

2006 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Carlos Zambrano .696 (.69565) Chicago Cubs 1
Chris Young .688 (.68750) San Diego Padres 2
Tom Glavine .682 (.68182) New York Mets 3
Derek Lowe .667 (.66667) Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Brandon Webb .667 (.66667) Arizona Diamondbacks  
Chris Carpenter .652 (.65217) St. Louis Cardinals 6
Roy Oswalt .652 (.65217) Houston Astros  
Steve Trachsel .652 (.65217) New York Mets  
Brad Penny .640 (.64000) Los Angeles Dodgers 9
John Smoltz .640 (.64000) Atlanta Braves  
Brett Myers .632 (.63158) Philadelphia Phillies 11
Jeff Suppan .632 (.63158) St. Louis Cardinals  
Aaron Harang .593 (.59259) Cincinnati Reds 13
Miguel Batista .579 (.57895) Arizona Diamondbacks 14
Bronson Arroyo .560 (.56000) Cincinnati Reds 15
Ian Snell .560 (.56000) Pittsburgh Pirates  
Josh Fogg .550 (.55000) Colorado Rockies 17
Jason Schmidt .550 (.55000) San Francisco Giants  
Scott Olsen .545 (.54545) Florida Marlins 19
Claudio Vargas .545 (.54545) Arizona Diamondbacks  
Jeff Francis .542 (.54167) Colorado Rockies 21
Dave Bush .522 (.52174) Milwaukee Brewers 22
Matt Cain .520 (.52000) San Francisco Giants 23
Tim Hudson .520 (.52000) Atlanta Braves  
Andy Pettitte .519 (.51852) Houston Astros 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.

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.

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