Winning Percentage : 1973 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
 

1973 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Tommy John .696 (.69565) Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Don Gullett .692 (.69231) Cincinnati Reds 2
Ron Bryant .667 (.66667) San Francisco Giants 3
Jack Billingham .655 (.65517) Cincinnati Reds 4
Tom Seaver .655 (.65517) New York Mets  
Don Sutton .643 (.64286) Los Angeles Dodgers 6
Jim Rooker .625 (.62500) Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Dave Roberts .607 (.60714) Houston Astros 8
Carl Morton .600 (.60000) Atlanta Braves 9
Claude Osteen .593 (.59259) Los Angeles Dodgers 10
Ken Brett .591 (.59091) Philadelphia Phillies 11
Alan Foster .591 (.59091) St. Louis Cardinals  
Wayne Twitchell .591 (.59091) Philadelphia Phillies  
Reggie Cleveland .583 (.58333) St. Louis Cardinals 14
Andy Messersmith .583 (.58333) Los Angeles Dodgers  
Roric Harrison .579 (.57895) Atlanta Braves 16
Steve Renko .577 (.57692) Montreal Expos 17
Rick Wise .571 (.57143) St. Louis Cardinals 18
Ross Grimsley .565 (.56522) Cincinnati Reds 19
Phil Niekro .565 (.56522) Atlanta Braves  
Mike Marshall .560 (.56000) Montreal Expos 21
Jerry Reuss .552 (.55172) Houston Astros 22
Bob Gibson .545 (.54545) St. Louis Cardinals 23
Ron Schueler .533 (.53333) Atlanta Braves 24
Tom Bradley .520 (.52000) San Francisco Giants 25



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.

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).