Winning Percentage : 1957 National League Top 25

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1957 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bob Buhl .720 (.72000) Milwaukee Braves 1
Jack Sanford .704 (.70370) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Warren Spahn .656 (.65625) Milwaukee Braves 3
Lew Burdette .654 (.65385) Milwaukee Braves 4
Don Drysdale .654 (.65385) Brooklyn Dodgers  
Larry Jackson .625 (.62500) St. Louis Cardinals 6
Lindy McDaniel .625 (.62500) St. Louis Cardinals  
Herm Wehmeier .588 (.58824) St. Louis Cardinals 8
Dick Drott .577 (.57692) Chicago Cubs 9
Sam Jones .571 (.57143) St. Louis Cardinals 10
Johnny Podres .571 (.57143) Brooklyn Dodgers  
Vern Law .556 (.55556) Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Brooks Lawrence .552 (.55172) Cincinnati Redlegs 13
Ruben Gomez .536 (.53571) New York Giants 14
Curt Simmons .522 (.52174) Philadelphia Phillies 15
Curt Barclay .500 (.50000) New York Giants 16
Joe Nuxhall .500 (.50000) Cincinnati Redlegs  
Hal Jeffcoat .480 (.48000) Cincinnati Redlegs 18
Don Newcombe .478 (.47826) Brooklyn Dodgers 19
Moe Drabowsky .464 (.46429) Chicago Cubs 20
Bob Purkey .440 (.44000) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Ray Crone .438 (.43750) Milwaukee Braves 22
New York Giants  
Bob Friend .438 (.43750) Pittsburgh Pirates  
Harvey Haddix .435 (.43478) Philadelphia Phillies 24
Al Worthington .421 (.42105) New York Giants 25



Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

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

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.