Winning Percentage : 1941 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:

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1941 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Elmer Riddle .826 (.82609) Cincinnati Reds 1
Kirby Higbe .710 (.70968) Brooklyn Dodgers 2
Ernie White .708 (.70833) St. Louis Cardinals 3
Whit Wyatt .688 (.68750) Brooklyn Dodgers 4
Harry Gumbert .667 (.66667) New York Giants 5
St. Louis Cardinals  
Lon Warneke .654 (.65385) St. Louis Cardinals 6
Curt Davis .650 (.65000) Brooklyn Dodgers 7
Mort Cooper .591 (.59091) St. Louis Cardinals 8
Max Butcher .586 (.58621) Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Hugh Casey .560 (.56000) Brooklyn Dodgers 10
Bucky Walters .559 (.55882) Cincinnati Reds 11
Max Lanier .556 (.55556) St. Louis Cardinals 12
Vern Olsen .556 (.55556) Chicago Cubs  
Johnny Vander Meer .552 (.55172) Cincinnati Reds 14
Carl Hubbell .550 (.55000) New York Giants 15
Hal Schumacher .545 (.54545) New York Giants 16
Ken Heintzelman .500 (.50000) Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Johnny Lanning .500 (.50000) Pittsburgh Pirates  
Claude Passeau .500 (.50000) Chicago Cubs  
Jim Tobin .500 (.50000) Boston Braves  
Al Javery .476 (.47619) Boston Braves 21
Bill Lohrman .474 (.47368) New York Giants 22
Jake Mooty .471 (.47059) Chicago Cubs 23
Paul Derringer .462 (.46154) Cincinnati Reds 24
Rip Sewell .452 (.45161) 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?

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.

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.