Winning Percentage : 1950 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1950 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Sal Maglie .818 (.81818) New York Giants 1
Frank Hiller .706 (.70588) Chicago Cubs 2
Jim Konstanty .696 (.69565) Philadelphia Phillies 3
Curt Simmons .680 (.68000) Philadelphia Phillies 4
Bob Miller .647 (.64706) Philadelphia Phillies 5
Robin Roberts .645 (.64516) Philadelphia Phillies 6
Don Newcombe .633 (.63333) Brooklyn Dodgers 7
Preacher Roe .633 (.63333) Brooklyn Dodgers  
Erv Palica .619 (.61905) Brooklyn Dodgers 9
Johnny Sain .606 (.60606) Boston Braves 10
Larry Jansen .594 (.59375) New York Giants 11
Howie Fox .579 (.57895) Cincinnati Reds 12
Vern Bickford .576 (.57576) Boston Braves 13
Warren Spahn .553 (.55263) Boston Braves 14
Al Brazle .550 (.55000) St. Louis Cardinals 15
Max Lanier .550 (.55000) St. Louis Cardinals  
Ewell Blackwell .531 (.53125) Cincinnati Reds 17
Howie Pollet .519 (.51852) St. Louis Cardinals 18
Jerry Staley .500 (.50000) St. Louis Cardinals 19
Red Munger .467 (.46667) St. Louis Cardinals 20
Dave Koslo .464 (.46429) New York Giants 21
Russ Meyer .450 (.45000) Philadelphia Phillies 22
Sheldon Jones .448 (.44828) New York Giants 23
Cliff Chambers .444 (.44444) Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Bill MacDonald .444 (.44444) Pittsburgh Pirates  



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

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.