Winning Percentage : 1958 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
 

1958 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Lew Burdette .667 (.66667) Milwaukee Braves 1
Warren Spahn .667 (.66667) Milwaukee Braves  
Glen Hobbie .625 (.62500) Chicago Cubs 3
Bob Friend .611 (.61111) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Bob Purkey .607 (.60714) Cincinnati Redlegs 5
Jim Brosnan .579 (.57895) Chicago Cubs 6
St. Louis Cardinals  
Mike McCormick .579 (.57895) San Francisco Giants  
Johnny Antonelli .552 (.55172) San Francisco Giants 8
Robin Roberts .548 (.54839) Philadelphia Phillies 9
Ray Semproch .542 (.54167) Philadelphia Phillies 10
Vern Law .538 (.53846) Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Harvey Haddix .533 (.53333) Cincinnati Redlegs 12
Joe Nuxhall .522 (.52174) Cincinnati Redlegs 13
Sam Jones .519 (.51852) St. Louis Cardinals 14
Larry Jackson .500 (.50000) St. Louis Cardinals 15
Sandy Koufax .500 (.50000) Los Angeles Dodgers  
Don Drysdale .480 (.48000) Los Angeles Dodgers 17
Johnny Podres .464 (.46429) Los Angeles Dodgers 18
Ruben Gomez .455 (.45455) San Francisco Giants 19
Ron Kline .448 (.44828) Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Jack Sanford .435 (.43478) Philadelphia Phillies 21
Vinegar Bend Mizell .417 (.41667) St. Louis Cardinals 22
Taylor Phillips .412 (.41176) Chicago Cubs 23
Stu Miller .400 (.40000) San Francisco Giants 24
Dick Drott .389 (.38889) Chicago Cubs 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?

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

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.