Winning Percentage : 1905 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 key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1905 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Rube Waddell .730 (.72973) Philadelphia Athletics 1
Jesse Tannehill .710 (.70968) Boston Americans 2
Andy Coakley .692 (.69231) Philadelphia Athletics 3
Eddie Plank .667 (.66667) Philadelphia Athletics 4
Nick Altrock .657 (.65714) Chicago White Sox 5
Bob Rhoads .640 (.64000) Cleveland Naps 6
Addie Joss .625 (.62500) Cleveland Naps 7
Ed Killian .622 (.62162) Detroit Tigers 8
Chief Bender .621 (.62069) Philadelphia Athletics 9
Frank Owen .618 (.61765) Chicago White Sox 10
Frank Smith .594 (.59375) Chicago White Sox 11
Doc White .567 (.56667) Chicago White Sox 12
Jack Chesbro .559 (.55882) New York Highlanders 13
Bill Donovan .545 (.54545) Detroit Tigers 14
Al Orth .529 (.52941) New York Highlanders 15
Earl Moore .500 (.50000) Cleveland Naps 16
George Mullin .500 (.50000) Detroit Tigers  
Barney Pelty .500 (.50000) St. Louis Browns  
Cy Young .486 (.48649) Boston Americans 19
George Winter .485 (.48485) Boston Americans 20
Bill Dinneen .462 (.46154) Boston Americans 21
Frank Kitson .462 (.46154) Detroit Tigers  
Tom Hughes .459 (.45946) Washington Senators 23
Jack Powell .417 (.41667) New York Highlanders 24
St. Louis Browns  
Bill Hogg .409 (.40909) New York Highlanders 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).

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.