Winning Percentage : 1920 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:

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1920 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Burleigh Grimes .676 (.67647) Brooklyn Robins 1
Grover Alexander .659 (.65854) Chicago Cubs 2
Fred Toney .656 (.65625) New York Giants 3
Jeff Pfeffer .640 (.64000) Brooklyn Robins 4
Art Nehf .636 (.63636) New York Giants 5
Bill Doak .625 (.62500) St. Louis Cardinals 6
Wilbur Cooper .615 (.61538) Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Al Mamaux .600 (.60000) Brooklyn Robins 8
Dolf Luque .591 (.59091) Cincinnati Reds 9
Rube Marquard .588 (.58824) Brooklyn Robins 10
Phil Douglas .583 (.58333) New York Giants 11
Jesse Barnes .571 (.57143) New York Giants 12
Dutch Ruether .571 (.57143) Cincinnati Reds  
Babe Adams .567 (.56667) Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Ferdie Schupp .552 (.55172) St. Louis Cardinals 15
Hippo Vaughn .543 (.54286) Chicago Cubs 16
Joe Oeschger .536 (.53571) Boston Braves 17
Lee Meadows .533 (.53333) Philadelphia Phillies 18
Bill Sherdel .524 (.52381) St. Louis Cardinals 19
Hod Eller .520 (.52000) Cincinnati Reds 20
Hal Carlson .519 (.51852) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Leon Cadore .517 (.51724) Brooklyn Robins 22
Jimmy Ring .515 (.51515) Cincinnati Reds 23
Lefty Tyler .478 (.47826) Chicago Cubs 24
Ray Fisher .476 (.47619) Cincinnati Reds 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).

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?

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.