Winning Percentage : 1998 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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1998 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

John Smoltz .850 (.85000) Atlanta Braves 1
Tom Glavine .769 (.76923) Atlanta Braves 2
Al Leiter .739 (.73913) New York Mets 3
Kevin Brown .720 (.72000) San Diego Padres 4
Shane Reynolds .704 (.70370) Houston Astros 5
Mark Gardner .684 (.68421) San Francisco Giants 6
Kerry Wood .684 (.68421) Chicago Cubs  
Kevin Millwood .680 (.68000) Atlanta Braves 8
Kevin Tapani .679 (.67857) Chicago Cubs 9
Pete Harnisch .667 (.66667) Cincinnati Reds 10
Jose Lima .667 (.66667) Houston Astros  
Greg Maddux .667 (.66667) Atlanta Braves  
Mark Portugal .667 (.66667) Philadelphia Phillies  
Andy Ashby .654 (.65385) San Diego Padres 14
Steve Trachsel .652 (.65217) Chicago Cubs 15
Kirk Rueter .640 (.64000) San Francisco Giants 16
Chan Ho Park .625 (.62500) Los Angeles Dodgers 17
Mike Hampton .611 (.61111) Houston Astros 18
Denny Neagle .593 (.59259) Atlanta Braves 19
Rick Reed .593 (.59259) New York Mets  
Sean Bergman .571 (.57143) Houston Astros 21
Sterling Hitchcock .563 (.56250) San Diego Padres 22
Dustin Hermanson .560 (.56000) Montreal Expos 23
Dave Mlicki .533 (.53333) New York Mets 24
Los Angeles Dodgers  
Orel Hershiser .524 (.52381) San Francisco Giants 25



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.

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.