Winning Percentage : 1904 American League Top 25

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1904 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jack Chesbro .774 (.77358) New York Highlanders 1
Jesse Tannehill .656 (.65625) Boston Americans 2
Frank Smith .640 (.64000) Chicago White Sox 3
Bill Bernhard .639 (.63889) Cleveland Blues 4
Bill Dinneen .622 (.62162) Boston Americans 5
Cy Young .619 (.61905) Boston Americans 6
Eddie Plank .605 (.60465) Philadelphia Athletics 7
Addie Joss .583 (.58333) Cleveland Blues 8
Al Orth .583 (.58333) Washington Senators  
New York Highlanders  
Frank Owen .583 (.58333) Chicago White Sox  
Nick Altrock .576 (.57576) Chicago White Sox 11
Red Donahue .576 (.57576) Cleveland Blues  
Doc White .571 (.57143) Chicago White Sox 13
Rube Waddell .568 (.56818) Philadelphia Athletics 14
Norwood Gibson .548 (.54839) Boston Americans 15
Jack Powell .548 (.54762) New York Highlanders 16
Fred Glade .545 (.54545) St. Louis Browns 17
Bob Rhoads .526 (.52632) Cleveland Blues 18
Earl Moore .522 (.52174) Cleveland Blues 19
Bill Donovan .515 (.51515) Detroit Tigers 20
Roy Patterson .500 (.50000) Chicago White Sox 21
Chief Bender .476 (.47619) Philadelphia Athletics 22
Weldon Henley .469 (.46875) Philadelphia Athletics 23
Barney Pelty .455 (.45455) St. Louis Browns 24
George Mullin .425 (.42500) Detroit Tigers 25



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).

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.

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.