Winning Percentage : 1911 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
 

1911 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rube Marquard .774 (.77419) New York Giants 1
Doc Crandall .750 (.75000) New York Giants 2
King Cole .720 (.72000) Chicago Cubs 3
Grover Alexander .683 (.68293) Philadelphia Phillies 4
Christy Mathewson .667 (.66667) New York Giants 5
Mordecai Brown .656 (.65625) Chicago Cubs 6
Babe Adams .647 (.64706) Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Ed Reulbach .640 (.64000) Chicago Cubs 8
Slim Sallee .625 (.62500) St. Louis Cardinals 9
Bob Harmon .590 (.58974) St. Louis Cardinals 10
Lew Richie .577 (.57692) Chicago Cubs 11
Howie Camnitz .571 (.57143) Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Hooks Wiltse .571 (.57143) New York Giants  
George Chalmers .565 (.56522) Philadelphia Phillies 14
Nap Rucker .550 (.55000) Brooklyn Dodgers 15
George Suggs .536 (.53571) Cincinnati Reds 16
Red Ames .524 (.52381) New York Giants 17
Lefty Leifield .500 (.50000) Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Elmer Steele .500 (.50000) Pittsburgh Pirates  
Brooklyn Dodgers  
Bill Steele .486 (.48649) St. Louis Cardinals 20
Bobby Keefe .480 (.48000) Cincinnati Reds 21
Elmer Knetzer .478 (.47826) Brooklyn Dodgers 22
Art Fromme .476 (.47619) Cincinnati Reds 23
Earl Moore .441 (.44118) Philadelphia Phillies 24
Cy Barger .423 (.42308) Brooklyn Dodgers 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.

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.