Winning Percentage : 1945 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1945 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Harry Brecheen .789 (.78947) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Ken Burkhart .692 (.69231) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Hank Wyse .688 (.68750) Chicago Cubs 3
Van Mungo .667 (.66667) New York Giants 4
Red Barrett .657 (.65714) Boston Braves 5
St. Louis Cardinals  
Claude Passeau .654 (.65385) Chicago Cubs 6
Ray Prim .619 (.61905) Chicago Cubs 7
Nick Strincevich .615 (.61538) Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Paul Derringer .593 (.59259) Chicago Cubs 9
Hal Gregg .581 (.58065) Brooklyn Dodgers 10
Jack Brewer .571 (.57143) New York Giants 11
Max Butcher .556 (.55556) Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Rip Sewell .550 (.55000) Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Johnny Hutchings .538 (.53846) Boston Braves 14
Preacher Roe .519 (.51852) Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Andy Karl .500 (.50000) Philadelphia Phillies 16
Bill Lee .500 (.50000) Philadelphia Phillies  
Boston Braves  
Bill Voiselle .500 (.50000) New York Giants  
Bucky Walters .500 (.50000) Cincinnati Reds  
Harry Feldman .480 (.48000) New York Giants 20
Vic Lombardi .476 (.47619) Brooklyn Dodgers 21
Joe Bowman .458 (.45833) Cincinnati Reds 22
Blix Donnelly .444 (.44444) St. Louis Cardinals 23
Ed Heusser .407 (.40741) Cincinnati Reds 24
Jim Tobin .391 (.39130) Boston Braves 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.

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