Winning Percentage : 1903 American 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)
 

1903 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Cy Young .757 (.75676) Boston Americans 1
Tom Hughes .741 (.74074) Boston Americans 2
Bill Bernhard .700 (.70000) Cleveland Blues 3
Earl Moore .679 (.67857) Cleveland Blues 4
Bill Dinneen .618 (.61765) Boston Americans 5
Harry Howell .600 (.60000) New York Highlanders 6
Norwood Gibson .591 (.59091) Boston Americans 7
Eddie Plank .590 (.58974) Philadelphia Athletics 8
Jack Chesbro .583 (.58333) New York Highlanders 9
Willie Sudhoff .583 (.58333) St. Louis Browns  
Addie Joss .581 (.58065) Cleveland Blues 11
Rube Waddell .568 (.56757) Philadelphia Athletics 12
Clark Griffith .560 (.56000) New York Highlanders 13
George Mullin .559 (.55882) Detroit Tigers 14
Chief Bender .548 (.54839) Philadelphia Athletics 15
Weldon Henley .545 (.54545) Philadelphia Athletics 16
George Winter .529 (.52941) Boston Americans 17
Bill Donovan .515 (.51515) Detroit Tigers 18
Doc White .515 (.51515) Chicago White Stockings  
Roy Patterson .500 (.50000) Chicago White Stockings 20
Jesse Tannehill .500 (.50000) New York Highlanders  
Red Donahue .484 (.48387) St. Louis Browns 22
Cleveland Blues  
Frank Kitson .484 (.48387) Detroit Tigers  
Ed Siever .481 (.48148) St. Louis Browns 24
Jack Powell .441 (.44118) St. Louis Browns 25



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?

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).