Winning Percentage : 1964 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
 

1964 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Sandy Koufax .792 (.79167) Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Juan Marichal .724 (.72414) San Francisco Giants 2
Jim O'Toole .708 (.70833) Cincinnati Reds 3
Jim Bunning .704 (.70370) Philadelphia Phillies 4
Larry Jackson .686 (.68571) Chicago Cubs 5
Curt Simmons .667 (.66667) St. Louis Cardinals 6
Chris Short .654 (.65385) Philadelphia Phillies 7
Ray Sadecki .645 (.64516) St. Louis Cardinals 8
Bob Bruce .625 (.62500) Houston Colt .45s 9
Bob Gibson .613 (.61290) St. Louis Cardinals 10
Denny Lemaster .607 (.60714) Milwaukee Braves 11
Jim Maloney .600 (.60000) Cincinnati Reds 12
Bob Veale .600 (.60000) Pittsburgh Pirates  
Tony Cloninger .576 (.57576) Milwaukee Braves 14
Bob Purkey .550 (.55000) Cincinnati Reds 15
Don Drysdale .529 (.52941) Los Angeles Dodgers 16
Turk Farrell .524 (.52381) Houston Colt .45s 17
Hank Fischer .524 (.52381) Milwaukee Braves  
Gaylord Perry .522 (.52174) San Francisco Giants 19
Bob Buhl .517 (.51724) Chicago Cubs 20
Ron Herbel .500 (.50000) San Francisco Giants 21
Joey Jay .500 (.50000) Cincinnati Reds  
Vern Law .480 (.48000) Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Bob Hendley .476 (.47619) San Francisco Giants 24
Bob Sadowski .474 (.47368) Milwaukee Braves 25



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.

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.

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?