Winning Percentage : 1963 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1963 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Sandy Koufax .833 (.83333) Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Jim Maloney .767 (.76667) Cincinnati Reds 2
Warren Spahn .767 (.76667) Milwaukee Braves  
Juan Marichal .758 (.75758) San Francisco Giants 4
Ernie Broglio .692 (.69231) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Dick Ellsworth .688 (.68750) Chicago Cubs 6
Bob Gibson .667 (.66667) St. Louis Cardinals 7
Joe Nuxhall .652 (.65217) Cincinnati Reds 8
Curt Simmons .625 (.62500) St. Louis Cardinals 9
John Tsitouris .600 (.60000) Cincinnati Reds 10
Billy O'Dell .583 (.58333) San Francisco Giants 11
Don Nottebart .579 (.57895) Houston Colt .45s 12
Ray Culp .560 (.56000) Philadelphia Phillies 13
Bob Miller .556 (.55556) Los Angeles Dodgers 14
Jack Sanford .552 (.55172) San Francisco Giants 15
Jim O'Toole .548 (.54839) Cincinnati Reds 16
Cal McLish .542 (.54167) Philadelphia Phillies 17
Johnny Podres .538 (.53846) Los Angeles Dodgers 18
Don Drysdale .528 (.52778) Los Angeles Dodgers 19
Turk Farrell .519 (.51852) Houston Colt .45s 20
Bob Friend .515 (.51515) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Bob Hendley .500 (.50000) Milwaukee Braves 22
Ray Sadecki .500 (.50000) St. Louis Cardinals  
Don Cardwell .464 (.46429) Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Bob Buhl .440 (.44000) Chicago Cubs 25



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.

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.