Winning Percentage : 1946 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)
 

1946 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Murry Dickson .714 (.71429) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Kirby Higbe .680 (.68000) Brooklyn Dodgers 2
Howie Pollet .677 (.67742) St. Louis Cardinals 3
Johnny Sain .588 (.58824) Boston Braves 4
Ed Wright .571 (.57143) Boston Braves 5
Vic Lombardi .565 (.56522) Brooklyn Dodgers 6
Fritz Ostermueller .565 (.56522) Pittsburgh Pirates  
Joe Hatten .560 (.56000) Brooklyn Dodgers 8
Joe Beggs .545 (.54545) Cincinnati Reds 9
Hank Borowy .545 (.54545) Chicago Cubs  
Mort Cooper .542 (.54167) Boston Braves 11
Hank Wyse .538 (.53846) Chicago Cubs 12
Al Brazle .524 (.52381) St. Louis Cardinals 13
Harry Brecheen .500 (.50000) St. Louis Cardinals 14
Johnny Schmitz .500 (.50000) Chicago Cubs  
Oscar Judd .478 (.47826) Philadelphia Phillies 16
Monte Kennedy .474 (.47368) New York Giants 17
Johnny Vander Meer .455 (.45455) Cincinnati Reds 18
Dave Koslo .424 (.42424) New York Giants 19
Ewell Blackwell .409 (.40909) Cincinnati Reds 20
Ken Heintzelman .400 (.40000) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Nick Strincevich .400 (.40000) Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bill Voiselle .375 (.37500) New York Giants 23
Ken Raffensberger .348 (.34783) Philadelphia Phillies 24
Ed Heusser .333 (.33333) Cincinnati Reds 25



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.

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?

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.