Winning Percentage : 1970 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)
 

1970 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Wayne Simpson .824 (.82353) Cincinnati Reds 1
Bob Gibson .767 (.76667) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Gary Nolan .720 (.72000) Cincinnati Reds 3
Luke Walker .714 (.71429) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Don Wilson .647 (.64706) Houston Astros 5
Gaylord Perry .639 (.63889) San Francisco Giants 6
Jerry Koosman .632 (.63158) New York Mets 7
Jim Merritt .625 (.62500) Cincinnati Reds 8
Carl Morton .621 (.62069) Montreal Expos 9
Ken Holtzman .607 (.60714) Chicago Cubs 10
Tom Seaver .600 (.60000) New York Mets 11
Jack Billingham .591 (.59091) Houston Astros 12
Jim Nash .591 (.59091) Atlanta Braves  
Jim McGlothlin .583 (.58333) Cincinnati Reds 14
Fergie Jenkins .579 (.57895) Chicago Cubs 15
Larry Dierker .571 (.57143) Houston Astros 16
Dock Ellis .565 (.56522) Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Bill Hands .545 (.54545) Chicago Cubs 18
Juan Marichal .545 (.54545) San Francisco Giants  
Milt Pappas .545 (.54545) Atlanta Braves  
Chicago Cubs  
Steve Renko .542 (.54167) Montreal Expos 21
Don Sutton .536 (.53571) Los Angeles Dodgers 22
Claude Osteen .533 (.53333) Los Angeles Dodgers 23
Bob Moose .524 (.52381) Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Gary Gentry .500 (.50000) New York Mets 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.

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.

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?