Winning Percentage : 1902 American League Top 25

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1902 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bill Bernhard .783 (.78261) Philadelphia Athletics 1
Cleveland Blues  
Rube Waddell .774 (.77419) Philadelphia Athletics 2
Cy Young .744 (.74419) Boston Americans 3
Bert Husting .700 (.70000) Boston Americans 4
Philadelphia Athletics  
Red Donahue .667 (.66667) St. Louis Browns 5
Clark Griffith .625 (.62500) Chicago White Stockings 6
Jack Harper .577 (.57692) St. Louis Browns 7
Roy Patterson .576 (.57576) Chicago White Stockings 8
Eddie Plank .571 (.57143) Philadelphia Athletics 9
Addie Joss .567 (.56667) Cleveland Blues 10
Joe McGinnity .565 (.56522) Baltimore Orioles 11
Jack Powell .564 (.56410) St. Louis Browns 12
Tom Hughes .556 (.55556) Baltimore Orioles 13
Boston Americans  
George Winter .550 (.55000) Boston Americans 14
Nixey Callahan .533 (.53333) Chicago White Stockings 15
Case Patten .515 (.51515) Washington Senators 16
Al Orth .514 (.51351) Washington Senators 17
Bill Dinneen .500 (.50000) Boston Americans 18
Ned Garvin .500 (.50000) Chicago White Stockings  
Earl Moore .500 (.50000) Cleveland Blues  
Wiley Piatt .500 (.50000) Chicago White Stockings  
Willie Sudhoff .500 (.50000) St. Louis Browns  
Win Mercer .455 (.45455) Detroit Tigers 23
George Mullin .448 (.44828) Detroit Tigers 24
Snake Wiltse .441 (.44118) Philadelphia Athletics 25
Baltimore Orioles  



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?

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.

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.