Winning Percentage : 1921 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
 

1921 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Babe Adams .737 (.73684) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Whitey Glazner .737 (.73684) Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bill Doak .714 (.71429) St. Louis Cardinals 3
Art Nehf .667 (.66667) New York Giants 4
Burleigh Grimes .629 (.62857) Brooklyn Robins 5
Jesse Barnes .625 (.62500) New York Giants 6
Fred Toney .621 (.62069) New York Giants 7
Wilbur Cooper .611 (.61111) Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Phil Douglas .600 (.60000) New York Giants 9
Dana Fillingim .600 (.60000) Boston Braves  
Jesse Haines .600 (.60000) St. Louis Cardinals  
Joe Oeschger .588 (.58824) Boston Braves 12
Bill Pertica .583 (.58333) St. Louis Cardinals 13
Clarence Mitchell .550 (.55000) Brooklyn Robins 14
Rube Marquard .548 (.54839) Cincinnati Reds 15
Grover Alexander .536 (.53571) Chicago Cubs 16
Jack Scott .536 (.53571) Boston Braves  
Mule Watson .519 (.51852) Boston Braves 18
Eppa Rixey .514 (.51351) Cincinnati Reds 19
Leon Cadore .481 (.48148) Brooklyn Robins 20
Virgil Cheeves .478 (.47826) Chicago Cubs 21
Roy Walker .478 (.47826) St. Louis Cardinals  
Buck Freeman .474 (.47368) Chicago Cubs 23
Dolf Luque .472 (.47222) Cincinnati Reds 24
Earl Hamilton .464 (.46429) Pittsburgh Pirates 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.

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.