Winning Percentage : 1931 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1931 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Paul Derringer .692 (.69231) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Bill Hallahan .679 (.67857) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Guy Bush .667 (.66667) Chicago Cubs 3
Burleigh Grimes .654 (.65385) St. Louis Cardinals 4
Pat Malone .640 (.64000) Chicago Cubs 5
Bill Walker .640 (.64000) New York Giants  
Ed Brandt .621 (.62069) Boston Braves 7
Freddie Fitzsimmons .621 (.62069) New York Giants  
Heinie Meine .594 (.59375) Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Watty Clark .583 (.58333) Brooklyn Robins 10
Jumbo Elliott .576 (.57576) Philadelphia Phillies 11
Bob Smith .556 (.55556) Chicago Cubs 12
Syl Johnson .550 (.55000) St. Louis Cardinals 13
Charlie Root .548 (.54839) Chicago Cubs 14
Clarence Mitchell .542 (.54167) New York Giants 15
Carl Hubbell .538 (.53846) New York Giants 16
Larry French .536 (.53571) Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Flint Rhem .524 (.52381) St. Louis Cardinals 18
Red Lucas .519 (.51852) Cincinnati Reds 19
Glenn Spencer .478 (.47826) Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Dazzy Vance .458 (.45833) Brooklyn Robins 21
Ray Benge .438 (.43750) Philadelphia Phillies 22
Ben Cantwell .438 (.43750) Boston Braves  
Phil Collins .429 (.42857) Philadelphia Phillies 24
Ray Kremer .423 (.42308) 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.

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.

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.