Winning Percentage : 2001 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

2001 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Curt Schilling .786 (.78571) Arizona Diamondbacks 1
Randy Johnson .778 (.77778) Arizona Diamondbacks 2
Jon Lieber .769 (.76923) Chicago Cubs 3
Matt Morris .733 (.73333) St. Louis Cardinals 4
Tom Glavine .696 (.69565) Atlanta Braves 5
Robert Person .682 (.68182) Philadelphia Phillies 6
Wade Miller .667 (.66667) Houston Astros 7
Kerry Wood .667 (.66667) Chicago Cubs  
Russ Ortiz .654 (.65385) San Francisco Giants 9
Omar Daal .650 (.65000) Philadelphia Phillies 10
Woody Williams .625 (.62500) San Diego Padres 11
St. Louis Cardinals  
Greg Maddux .607 (.60714) Atlanta Braves 12
Terry Adams .600 (.60000) Los Angeles Dodgers 13
Darryl Kile .593 (.59259) St. Louis Cardinals 14
Javier Vazquez .593 (.59259) Montreal Expos  
Chan Ho Park .577 (.57692) Los Angeles Dodgers 16
Shane Reynolds .560 (.56000) Houston Astros 17
Ryan Dempster .556 (.55556) Florida Marlins 18
Kirk Rueter .538 (.53846) San Francisco Giants 19
Denny Neagle .529 (.52941) Colorado Rockies 20
Julian Tavarez .526 (.52632) Chicago Cubs 21
Kevin Appier .524 (.52381) New York Mets 22
Kevin Jarvis .522 (.52174) San Diego Padres 23
Mike Hampton .519 (.51852) Colorado Rockies 24
Dustin Hermanson .519 (.51852) St. Louis Cardinals  



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.

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

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.