Winning Percentage : 2008 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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2008 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Tim Lincecum .783 (.78261) San Francisco Giants 1
Brandon Webb .759 (.75862) Arizona Diamondbacks 2
Ryan Dempster .739 (.73913) Chicago Cubs 3
Edinson Volquez .739 (.73913) Cincinnati Reds  
Kyle Lohse .714 (.71429) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Carlos Zambrano .700 (.70000) Chicago Cubs 6
Jamie Moyer .696 (.69565) Philadelphia Phillies 7
Johan Santana .696 (.69565) New York Mets  
Dan Haren .667 (.66667) Arizona Diamondbacks 9
Ted Lilly .654 (.65385) Chicago Cubs 10
Ricky Nolasco .652 (.65217) Florida Marlins 11
Aaron Cook .640 (.64000) Colorado Rockies 12
Roy Oswalt .630 (.62963) Houston Astros 13
Chad Billingsley .615 (.61538) Los Angeles Dodgers 14
Ben Sheets .591 (.59091) Milwaukee Brewers 15
Todd Wellemeyer .591 (.59091) St. Louis Cardinals  
Oliver Perez .588 (.58824) New York Mets 17
Cole Hamels .583 (.58333) Philadelphia Phillies 18
Bronson Arroyo .577 (.57692) Cincinnati Reds 19
Jair Jurrjens .565 (.56522) Atlanta Braves 20
Derek Lowe .560 (.56000) Los Angeles Dodgers 21
Manny Parra .556 (.55556) Milwaukee Brewers 22
Jason Marquis .550 (.55000) Chicago Cubs 23
Mike Pelfrey .542 (.54167) New York Mets 24
Randy Johnson .524 (.52381) Arizona Diamondbacks 25



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?

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.