Winning Percentage : 1934 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1934 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dizzy Dean .811 (.81081) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Bill Walker .750 (.75000) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Waite Hoyt .714 (.71429) Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Hal Schumacher .697 (.69697) New York Giants 4
Lon Warneke .688 (.68750) Chicago Cubs 5
Pat Malone .667 (.66667) Chicago Cubs 6
Fred Frankhouse .654 (.65385) Boston Braves 7
Guy Bush .643 (.64286) Chicago Cubs 8
Carl Hubbell .636 (.63636) New York Giants 9
Paul Dean .633 (.63333) St. Louis Cardinals 10
Huck Betts .630 (.62963) Boston Braves 11
Roy Parmelee .625 (.62500) New York Giants 12
Tex Carleton .593 (.59259) St. Louis Cardinals 13
Freddie Fitzsimmons .563 (.56250) New York Giants 14
Dutch Leonard .560 (.56000) Brooklyn Dodgers 15
Jim Weaver .550 (.55000) Chicago Cubs 16
Ray Benge .538 (.53846) Brooklyn Dodgers 17
Ed Brandt .533 (.53333) Boston Braves 18
Van Mungo .529 (.52941) Brooklyn Dodgers 19
Flint Rhem .529 (.52941) St. Louis Cardinals  
Boston Braves  
Curt Davis .528 (.52778) Philadelphia Phillies 21
Red Lucas .526 (.52632) Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Bill Lee .481 (.48148) Chicago Cubs 23
Ralph Birkofer .478 (.47826) Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Bill Swift .458 (.45833) Pittsburgh Pirates 25



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?

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

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