Winning Percentage : 1923 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1923 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dolf Luque .771 (.77143) Cincinnati Reds 1
Rosy Ryan .762 (.76190) New York Giants 2
Jack Scott .696 (.69565) New York Giants 3
Johnny Morrison .658 (.65789) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Babe Adams .650 (.65000) Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Grover Alexander .647 (.64706) Chicago Cubs 6
Vic Aldridge .640 (.64000) Chicago Cubs 7
Jack Bentley .619 (.61905) New York Giants 8
Jesse Haines .606 (.60606) St. Louis Cardinals 9
Vic Keen .600 (.60000) Chicago Cubs 10
Rube Benton .583 (.58333) Cincinnati Reds 11
Pete Donohue .583 (.58333) Cincinnati Reds  
Tony Kaufmann .583 (.58333) Chicago Cubs  
Eppa Rixey .571 (.57143) Cincinnati Reds 14
Lee Meadows .567 (.56667) Philadelphia Phillies 15
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Art Nehf .565 (.56522) New York Giants 16
Dazzy Vance .545 (.54545) Brooklyn Robins 17
Burleigh Grimes .538 (.53846) Brooklyn Robins 18
Bill Sherdel .536 (.53571) St. Louis Cardinals 19
Jimmy Ring .529 (.52941) Philadelphia Phillies 20
Hugh McQuillan .517 (.51724) New York Giants 21
Dutch Ruether .517 (.51724) Brooklyn Robins  
Joe Genewich .481 (.48148) Boston Braves 23
Fred Toney .478 (.47826) St. Louis Cardinals 24
Wilbur Cooper .472 (.47222) Pittsburgh Pirates 25



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

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?

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).