Winning Percentage : 1987 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
 

1987 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mike Dunne .684 (.68421) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Dwight Gooden .682 (.68182) New York Mets 2
Rick Sutcliffe .643 (.64286) Chicago Cubs 3
Bob Welch .625 (.62500) Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Bob Forsch .611 (.61111) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Shane Rawley .607 (.60714) Philadelphia Phillies 6
Ron Darling .600 (.60000) New York Mets 7
Zane Smith .600 (.60000) Atlanta Braves  
Rick Reuschel .591 (.59091) Pittsburgh Pirates 9
San Francisco Giants  
Kelly Downs .571 (.57143) San Francisco Giants 10
Neal Heaton .565 (.56522) Montreal Expos 11
Mike LaCoss .565 (.56522) San Francisco Giants  
Joe Magrane .563 (.56250) St. Louis Cardinals 13
Mike Scott .552 (.55172) Houston Astros 14
Danny Cox .550 (.55000) St. Louis Cardinals 15
Brian Fisher .550 (.55000) Pittsburgh Pirates  
Don Carman .542 (.54167) Philadelphia Phillies 17
Atlee Hammaker .500 (.50000) San Francisco Giants 18
Orel Hershiser .500 (.50000) Los Angeles Dodgers  
Greg Mathews .500 (.50000) St. Louis Cardinals  
Fernando Valenzuela .500 (.50000) Los Angeles Dodgers  
Doug Drabek .478 (.47826) Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Bill Gullickson .476 (.47619) Cincinnati Reds 23
Danny Darwin .474 (.47368) Houston Astros 24
Dave Dravecky .455 (.45455) San Diego Padres 25
San Francisco Giants  



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.

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?