Winning Percentage : 1928 National League Top 25

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"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1928 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Larry Benton .735 (.73529) New York Giants 1
Guy Bush .714 (.71429) Chicago Cubs 2
Jesse Haines .714 (.71429) St. Louis Cardinals  
Freddie Fitzsimmons .690 (.68966) New York Giants 4
Dazzy Vance .688 (.68750) Brooklyn Robins 5
Bill Sherdel .677 (.67742) St. Louis Cardinals 6
Art Nehf .650 (.65000) Chicago Cubs 7
Burleigh Grimes .641 (.64103) Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Grover Alexander .640 (.64000) St. Louis Cardinals 9
Percy Jones .625 (.62500) Chicago Cubs 10
Carmen Hill .615 (.61538) Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Sheriff Blake .607 (.60714) Chicago Cubs 12
Red Lucas .591 (.59091) Cincinnati Reds 13
Pat Malone .581 (.58065) Chicago Cubs 14
Flint Rhem .579 (.57895) St. Louis Cardinals 15
Watty Clark .571 (.57143) Brooklyn Robins 16
Ray Kolp .565 (.56522) Cincinnati Reds 17
Joe Genewich .560 (.56000) Boston Braves 18
New York Giants  
Ray Kremer .536 (.53571) Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Dolf Luque .524 (.52381) Cincinnati Reds 20
Eppa Rixey .514 (.51351) Cincinnati Reds 21
Doug McWeeny .500 (.50000) Brooklyn Robins 22
Jesse Petty .500 (.50000) Brooklyn Robins  
Fred Fussell .471 (.47059) Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Clarence Mitchell .471 (.47059) Philadelphia Phillies  
St. Louis Cardinals  



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

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.