Winning Percentage : 1909 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
 

1909 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

George Mullin .784 (.78378) Detroit Tigers 1
Eddie Cicotte .722 (.72222) Boston Red Sox 2
Chief Bender .692 (.69231) Philadelphia Athletics 3
Harry Krause .692 (.69231) Philadelphia Athletics  
Ed Summers .679 (.67857) Detroit Tigers 5
Ed Willett .677 (.67742) Detroit Tigers 6
Eddie Plank .655 (.65517) Philadelphia Athletics 7
Joe Wood .611 (.61111) Boston Red Sox 8
Frank Smith .595 (.59524) Chicago White Sox 9
Ed Walsh .577 (.57692) Chicago White Sox 10
Frank Arellanes .571 (.57143) Boston Red Sox 11
Joe Lake .560 (.56000) New York Highlanders 12
Cy Young .559 (.55882) Cleveland Naps 13
Lew Brockett .556 (.55556) New York Highlanders 14
Ed Killian .550 (.55000) Detroit Tigers 15
Doc White .550 (.55000) Chicago White Sox  
Cy Falkenberg .526 (.52632) Cleveland Naps 17
Jack Coombs .522 (.52174) Philadelphia Athletics 18
Addie Joss .519 (.51852) Cleveland Naps 19
Cy Morgan .514 (.51429) Boston Red Sox 20
Philadelphia Athletics  
Barney Pelty .500 (.50000) St. Louis Browns 21
Jim Scott .500 (.50000) Chicago White Sox  
Heinie Berger .481 (.48148) Cleveland Naps 23
Bill Bailey .474 (.47368) St. Louis Browns 24
Jack Warhop .464 (.46429) New York Highlanders 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.

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.

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).