Winning Percentage : 1960 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1960 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ernie Broglio .700 (.70000) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Vern Law .690 (.68966) Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Warren Spahn .677 (.67742) Milwaukee Braves 3
Bob Buhl .640 (.64000) Milwaukee Braves 4
Vinegar Bend Mizell .636 (.63636) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bob Purkey .607 (.60714) Cincinnati Reds 6
Bob Friend .600 (.60000) Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Lew Burdette .594 (.59375) Milwaukee Braves 8
Stan Williams .583 (.58333) Los Angeles Dodgers 9
Larry Jackson .581 (.58065) St. Louis Cardinals 10
Sam Jones .563 (.56250) San Francisco Giants 11
Mike McCormick .556 (.55556) San Francisco Giants 12
Johnny Podres .538 (.53846) Los Angeles Dodgers 13
Harvey Haddix .524 (.52381) Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Don Drysdale .517 (.51724) Los Angeles Dodgers 15
Jim O'Toole .500 (.50000) Cincinnati Reds 16
Jack Sanford .462 (.46154) San Francisco Giants 17
Bob Anderson .450 (.45000) Chicago Cubs 18
Glen Hobbie .444 (.44444) Chicago Cubs 19
Robin Roberts .429 (.42857) Philadelphia Phillies 20
Sandy Koufax .381 (.38095) Los Angeles Dodgers 21
Billy O'Dell .381 (.38095) San Francisco Giants  
Jay Hook .379 (.37931) Cincinnati Reds 23
Gene Conley .364 (.36364) Philadelphia Phillies 24
Don Cardwell .360 (.36000) Philadelphia Phillies 25
Chicago Cubs  



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.

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.