Winning Percentage : 1929 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:

"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)
 

1929 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Charlie Root .760 (.76000) Chicago Cubs 1
Guy Bush .720 (.72000) Chicago Cubs 2
Burleigh Grimes .708 (.70833) Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Pat Malone .688 (.68750) Chicago Cubs 4
Bill Walker .667 (.66667) New York Giants 5
Syl Johnson .650 (.65000) St. Louis Cardinals 6
Ray Moss .647 (.64706) Brooklyn Robins 7
Ray Kremer .643 (.64286) Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Carl Hubbell .621 (.62069) New York Giants 9
Red Lucas .613 (.61290) Cincinnati Reds 10
Erv Brame .593 (.59259) Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Freddie Fitzsimmons .577 (.57692) New York Giants 12
Jesse Haines .565 (.56522) St. Louis Cardinals 13
Phil Collins .563 (.56250) Philadelphia Phillies 14
Les Sweetland .542 (.54167) Philadelphia Phillies 15
Jesse Petty .524 (.52381) Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Sheriff Blake .519 (.51852) Chicago Cubs 17
Dazzy Vance .519 (.51852) Brooklyn Robins  
Claude Willoughby .517 (.51724) Philadelphia Phillies 19
Hal Haid .500 (.50000) St. Louis Cardinals 20
Watty Clark .457 (.45714) Brooklyn Robins 21
Pete Donohue .435 (.43478) Cincinnati Reds 22
Eppa Rixey .435 (.43478) Cincinnati Reds  
Ray Benge .423 (.42308) Philadelphia Phillies 24
Clarence Mitchell .421 (.42105) St. Louis Cardinals 25



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.

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

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.