Winning Percentage : 2007 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:

"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)
 

2007 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Brad Penny .800 (.80000) Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Jake Peavy .760 (.76000) San Diego Padres 2
Cole Hamels .750 (.75000) Philadelphia Phillies 3
Aaron Harang .727 (.72727) Cincinnati Reds 4
Roy Oswalt .667 (.66667) Houston Astros 5
Jeff Francis .654 (.65385) Colorado Rockies 6
Ted Lilly .652 (.65217) Chicago Cubs 7
Brandon Webb .643 (.64286) Arizona Diamondbacks 8
John Smoltz .636 (.63636) Atlanta Braves 9
Tom Glavine .619 (.61905) New York Mets 10
Tim Hudson .615 (.61538) Atlanta Braves 11
John Maine .600 (.60000) New York Mets 12
Oliver Perez .600 (.60000) New York Mets  
Tom Gorzelanny .583 (.58333) Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Carlos Zambrano .581 (.58065) Chicago Cubs 15
Rich Hill .579 (.57895) Chicago Cubs 16
Jason Marquis .571 (.57143) Chicago Cubs 17
Greg Maddux .560 (.56000) San Diego Padres 18
Dave Bush .545 (.54545) Milwaukee Brewers 19
Jamie Moyer .538 (.53846) Philadelphia Phillies 20
Adam Wainwright .538 (.53846) St. Louis Cardinals  
Aaron Cook .533 (.53333) Colorado Rockies 22
Chris Young .529 (.52941) San Diego Padres 23
Josh Fogg .526 (.52632) Colorado Rockies 24
Chuck James .524 (.52381) Atlanta Braves 25



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).

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.

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?