Winning Percentage : 1967 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1967 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dick Hughes .727 (.72727) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Mike McCormick .688 (.68750) San Francisco Giants 2
Ray Sadecki .667 (.66667) San Francisco Giants 3
Bob Veale .667 (.66667) Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bob Gibson .650 (.65000) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Gary Nolan .636 (.63636) Cincinnati Reds 6
Mel Queen .636 (.63636) Cincinnati Reds  
Steve Carlton .609 (.60870) St. Louis Cardinals 8
Fergie Jenkins .606 (.60606) Chicago Cubs 9
Pat Jarvis .600 (.60000) Atlanta Braves 10
Bill Singer .600 (.60000) Los Angeles Dodgers  
Mike Cuellar .593 (.59259) Houston Astros 12
Ken Johnson .591 (.59091) Atlanta Braves 13
Joe Niekro .588 (.58824) Chicago Cubs 14
Ray Washburn .588 (.58824) St. Louis Cardinals  
Juan Marichal .583 (.58333) San Francisco Giants 16
Jim Maloney .577 (.57692) Cincinnati Reds 17
Rich Nye .565 (.56522) Chicago Cubs 18
Milt Pappas .552 (.55172) Cincinnati Reds 19
Tom Seaver .552 (.55172) New York Mets  
Phil Niekro .550 (.55000) Atlanta Braves 21
Jim Bunning .531 (.53125) Philadelphia Phillies 22
Dennis Ribant .529 (.52941) Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Don Wilson .526 (.52632) Houston Astros 24
Denny Lemaster .500 (.50000) Atlanta Braves 25



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 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.