Winning Percentage : 1913 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:

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1913 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Walter Johnson .837 (.83721) Washington Senators 1
Joe Bush .714 (.71429) Philadelphia Athletics 2
Joe Boehling .708 (.70833) Washington Senators 3
Ray Collins .704 (.70370) Boston Red Sox 4
Byron Houck .700 (.70000) Philadelphia Athletics 5
Cy Falkenberg .697 (.69697) Cleveland Naps 6
Chief Bender .677 (.67742) Philadelphia Athletics 7
Eddie Plank .643 (.64286) Philadelphia Athletics 8
Willie Mitchell .636 (.63636) Cleveland Naps 9
Boardwalk Brown .607 (.60714) Philadelphia Athletics 10
Vean Gregg .606 (.60606) Cleveland Naps 11
Fred Blanding .600 (.60000) Cleveland Naps 12
Eddie Cicotte .600 (.60000) Chicago White Sox  
Reb Russell .579 (.57895) Chicago White Sox 14
Ray Caldwell .529 (.52941) New York Yankees 15
Hooks Dauss .520 (.52000) Detroit Tigers 16
Earl Hamilton .520 (.52000) St. Louis Browns  
Hugh Bedient .517 (.51724) Boston Red Sox 18
Jean Dubuc .517 (.51724) Detroit Tigers  
Bob Groom .500 (.50000) Washington Senators 20
Jim Scott .500 (.50000) Chicago White Sox  
Ed Willett .481 (.48148) Detroit Tigers 22
Joe Engel .471 (.47059) Washington Senators 23
Dutch Leonard .467 (.46667) Boston Red Sox 24
Marc Hall .455 (.45455) Detroit Tigers 25



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.

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.

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).