Winning Percentage : 2002 National League Top 25

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2002 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Randy Johnson .828 (.82759) Arizona Diamondbacks 1
Wade Miller .789 (.78947) Houston Astros 2
Curt Schilling .767 (.76667) Arizona Diamondbacks 3
Greg Maddux .727 (.72727) Atlanta Braves 4
Hideo Nomo .727 (.72727) Los Angeles Dodgers  
Kevin Millwood .692 (.69231) Atlanta Braves 6
Roy Oswalt .679 (.67857) Houston Astros 7
Jason Jennings .667 (.66667) Colorado Rockies 8
Damian Moss .667 (.66667) Atlanta Braves  
Matt Morris .654 (.65385) St. Louis Cardinals 10
Kirk Rueter .636 (.63636) San Francisco Giants 11
Tom Glavine .621 (.62069) Atlanta Braves 12
Ryan Jensen .619 (.61905) San Francisco Giants 13
Tomo Ohka .619 (.61905) Montreal Expos  
Jason Schmidt .619 (.61905) San Francisco Giants  
Jimmy Haynes .600 (.60000) Cincinnati Reds 16
Odalis Perez .600 (.60000) Los Angeles Dodgers  
Russ Ortiz .583 (.58333) San Francisco Giants 18
A.J. Burnett .571 (.57143) Florida Marlins 19
Vicente Padilla .560 (.56000) Philadelphia Phillies 20
Omar Daal .550 (.55000) Los Angeles Dodgers 21
Randy Wolf .550 (.55000) Philadelphia Phillies  
Pedro Astacio .522 (.52174) New York Mets 23
Matt Clement .522 (.52174) Chicago Cubs  
Kerry Wood .522 (.52174) Chicago Cubs  



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).

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.