Winning Percentage : 1975 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)
 

1975 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Fred Norman .750 (.75000) Cincinnati Reds 1
Tom Seaver .710 (.70968) New York Mets 2
Burt Hooton .667 (.66667) Chicago Cubs 3
Los Angeles Dodgers  
Larry Christenson .647 (.64706) Philadelphia Phillies 4
Randy Jones .625 (.62500) San Diego Padres 5
John Montefusco .625 (.62500) San Francisco Giants  
Gary Nolan .625 (.62500) Cincinnati Reds  
Doug Rau .625 (.62500) Los Angeles Dodgers  
Jerry Reuss .621 (.62069) Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Jack Billingham .600 (.60000) Cincinnati Reds 10
Ray Burris .600 (.60000) Chicago Cubs  
Bob Forsch .600 (.60000) St. Louis Cardinals  
Steve Stone .600 (.60000) Chicago Cubs  
Andy Messersmith .576 (.57576) Los Angeles Dodgers 14
Jon Matlack .571 (.57143) New York Mets 15
Dan Warthen .571 (.57143) Montreal Expos  
Don Sutton .552 (.55172) Los Angeles Dodgers 17
J.R. Richard .545 (.54545) Houston Astros 18
Jim Rooker .542 (.54167) Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Lynn McGlothen .536 (.53571) St. Louis Cardinals 20
Pete Falcone .522 (.52174) San Francisco Giants 21
Bruce Kison .522 (.52174) Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jerry Koosman .519 (.51852) New York Mets 23
Tom Underwood .519 (.51852) Philadelphia Phillies  
Steve Carlton .517 (.51724) Philadelphia Phillies 25



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.

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.