Winning Percentage : 1908 American League Top 25

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"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1908 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ed Walsh .727 (.72727) Chicago White Sox 1
Bill Donovan .720 (.72000) Detroit Tigers 2
Addie Joss .686 (.68571) Cleveland Naps 3
Bill Dinneen .667 (.66667) St. Louis Browns 4
Ed Summers .667 (.66667) Detroit Tigers  
Cy Young .656 (.65625) Boston Red Sox 6
Ed Willett .652 (.65217) Detroit Tigers 7
Heinie Berger .619 (.61905) Cleveland Naps 8
Charlie Chech .611 (.61111) Cleveland Naps 9
Bob Rhoads .600 (.60000) Cleveland Naps 10
Jack Coombs .583 (.58333) Philadelphia Athletics 11
Doc White .581 (.58065) Chicago White Sox 12
Rube Waddell .576 (.57576) St. Louis Browns 13
Ed Killian .571 (.57143) Detroit Tigers 14
George Mullin .567 (.56667) Detroit Tigers 15
Fred Burchell .556 (.55556) Boston Red Sox 16
Jack Powell .552 (.55172) St. Louis Browns 17
Tom Hughes .545 (.54545) Washington Senators 18
Cy Morgan .519 (.51852) Boston Red Sox 19
Harry Howell .500 (.50000) St. Louis Browns 20
Walter Johnson .500 (.50000) Washington Senators  
Rube Vickers .486 (.48649) Philadelphia Athletics 22
Frank Smith .485 (.48485) Chicago White Sox 23
Glenn Liebhardt .484 (.48387) Cleveland Naps 24
Eddie Cicotte .478 (.47826) Boston Red Sox 25



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.

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.