Winning Percentage : 1986 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:

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1986 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bob Ojeda .783 (.78261) New York Mets 1
Dwight Gooden .739 (.73913) New York Mets 2
Sid Fernandez .727 (.72727) New York Mets 3
Ron Darling .714 (.71429) New York Mets 4
Mike Krukow .690 (.68966) San Francisco Giants 5
Fernando Valenzuela .656 (.65625) Los Angeles Dodgers 6
John Tudor .650 (.65000) St. Louis Cardinals 7
Mike Scott .643 (.64286) Houston Astros 8
Nolan Ryan .600 (.60000) Houston Astros 9
Scott Garrelts .591 (.59091) San Francisco Giants 10
Bob Knepper .586 (.58621) Houston Astros 11
Bob Forsch .583 (.58333) St. Louis Cardinals 12
Bill Gullickson .556 (.55556) Cincinnati Reds 13
Andy Hawkins .556 (.55556) San Diego Padres  
Rick Rhoden .556 (.55556) Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bryn Smith .556 (.55556) Montreal Expos  
Rick Honeycutt .550 (.55000) Los Angeles Dodgers 17
John Denny .524 (.52381) Cincinnati Reds 18
Dave Palmer .524 (.52381) Atlanta Braves  
Floyd Youmans .520 (.52000) Montreal Expos 20
Tom Browning .519 (.51852) Cincinnati Reds 21
Kevin Gross .500 (.50000) Philadelphia Phillies 22
Orel Hershiser .500 (.50000) Los Angeles Dodgers  
Danny Cox .480 (.48000) St. Louis Cardinals 24
Dave Dravecky .450 (.45000) San Diego Padres 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.

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.

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?