Winning Percentage : 1936 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)
 

1936 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Carl Hubbell .813 (.81250) New York Giants 1
Red Lucas .789 (.78947) Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Larry French .667 (.66667) Chicago Cubs 3
Dizzy Dean .649 (.64865) St. Louis Cardinals 4
Jim Weaver .636 (.63636) Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Bill Lee .621 (.62069) Chicago Cubs 6
Tex Carleton .583 (.58333) Chicago Cubs 7
Danny MacFayden .567 (.56667) Boston Bees 8
Fred Frankhouse .565 (.56522) Brooklyn Dodgers 9
Lon Warneke .552 (.55172) Chicago Cubs 10
Frank Gabler .529 (.52941) New York Giants 11
Jim Winford .524 (.52381) St. Louis Cardinals 12
Al Smith .519 (.51852) New York Giants 13
Curt Davis .500 (.50000) Philadelphia Phillies 14
Chicago Cubs  
Paul Derringer .500 (.50000) Cincinnati Reds  
Orville Jorgens .500 (.50000) Philadelphia Phillies  
Roy Parmelee .500 (.50000) St. Louis Cardinals  
Gene Schott .500 (.50000) Cincinnati Reds  
Bill Swift .500 (.50000) Pittsburgh Pirates  
Van Mungo .486 (.48649) Brooklyn Dodgers 20
Mace Brown .476 (.47619) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Al Hollingsworth .474 (.47368) Cincinnati Reds 22
Cy Blanton .464 (.46429) Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Ed Brandt .458 (.45833) Brooklyn Dodgers 24
Hal Schumacher .458 (.45833) New York Giants  



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.

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.

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?