Winning Percentage : 1912 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1912 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Joe Wood .872 (.87179) Boston Red Sox 1
Eddie Plank .813 (.81250) Philadelphia Athletics 2
Walter Johnson .733 (.73333) Washington Senators 3
Hugh Bedient .690 (.68966) Boston Red Sox 4
Jack Coombs .677 (.67742) Philadelphia Athletics 5
Charley Hall .652 (.65217) Boston Red Sox 6
Bob Groom .649 (.64865) Washington Senators 7
Jean Dubuc .630 (.62963) Detroit Tigers 8
Carl Cashion .625 (.62500) Washington Senators 9
Chief Bender .619 (.61905) Philadelphia Athletics 10
Ray Collins .619 (.61905) Boston Red Sox  
Ed Walsh .614 (.61364) Chicago White Sox 12
Vean Gregg .606 (.60606) Cleveland Naps 13
Buck O'Brien .606 (.60606) Boston Red Sox  
Tom Hughes .565 (.56522) Washington Senators 15
Fred Blanding .563 (.56250) Cleveland Naps 16
Boardwalk Brown .542 (.54167) Philadelphia Athletics 17
Ed Willett .531 (.53125) Detroit Tigers 18
Eddie Cicotte .500 (.50000) Boston Red Sox 19
Chicago White Sox  
Byron Houck .500 (.50000) Philadelphia Athletics  
Frank Lange .500 (.50000) Chicago White Sox  
George Baumgardner .458 (.45833) St. Louis Browns 22
Doc White .444 (.44444) Chicago White Sox 23
Earl Hamilton .440 (.44000) St. Louis Browns 24
Joe Benz .433 (.43333) Chicago White Sox 25



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).

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.