Winning Percentage : 1999 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1999 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mike Hampton .846 (.84615) Houston Astros 1
Kent Bottenfield .720 (.72000) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Kevin Millwood .720 (.72000) Atlanta Braves  
Curt Schilling .714 (.71429) Philadelphia Phillies 4
Greg Maddux .679 (.67857) Atlanta Braves 5
Jose Lima .677 (.67742) Houston Astros 6
Kevin Brown .667 (.66667) Los Angeles Dodgers 7
Russ Ortiz .667 (.66667) San Francisco Giants  
Randy Johnson .654 (.65385) Arizona Diamondbacks 9
Omar Daal .640 (.64000) Arizona Diamondbacks 10
Armando Reynoso .625 (.62500) Arizona Diamondbacks 11
Todd Ritchie .625 (.62500) Pittsburgh Pirates  
Pete Harnisch .615 (.61538) Cincinnati Reds 13
Pedro Astacio .607 (.60714) Colorado Rockies 14
Hideo Nomo .600 (.60000) Milwaukee Brewers 15
Kirk Rueter .600 (.60000) San Francisco Giants  
Masato Yoshii .600 (.60000) New York Mets  
Andy Ashby .583 (.58333) San Diego Padres 18
John Smoltz .579 (.57895) Atlanta Braves 19
Steve Woodard .579 (.57895) Milwaukee Brewers  
Paul Byrd .577 (.57692) Philadelphia Phillies 21
Tom Glavine .560 (.56000) Atlanta Braves 22
Terry Mulholland .556 (.55556) Chicago Cubs 23
Atlanta Braves  
Chan Ho Park .542 (.54167) Los Angeles Dodgers 24
Jason Schmidt .542 (.54167) Pittsburgh Pirates  



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.

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.

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?