Winning Percentage : 1915 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1915 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Joe Wood .750 (.75000) Boston Red Sox 1
Rube Foster .704 (.70370) Boston Red Sox 2
Ernie Shore .704 (.70370) Boston Red Sox  
Babe Ruth .692 (.69231) Boston Red Sox 4
Jim Scott .686 (.68571) Chicago White Sox 5
Dutch Leonard .682 (.68182) Boston Red Sox 6
Walter Johnson .675 (.67500) Washington Senators 7
Bernie Boland .650 (.65000) Detroit Tigers 8
Hooks Dauss .649 (.64865) Detroit Tigers 9
Red Faber .632 (.63158) Chicago White Sox 10
Harry Coveleski .629 (.62857) Detroit Tigers 11
Ray Fisher .621 (.62069) New York Yankees 12
Doc Ayers .609 (.60870) Washington Senators 13
Bert Gallia .607 (.60714) Washington Senators 14
Jean Dubuc .586 (.58621) Detroit Tigers 15
Joe Benz .577 (.57692) Chicago White Sox 16
Ray Caldwell .543 (.54286) New York Yankees 17
Reb Russell .524 (.52381) Chicago White Sox 18
Eddie Cicotte .520 (.52000) Chicago White Sox 19
Joe Boehling .519 (.51852) Washington Senators 20
Bill James .519 (.51852) St. Louis Browns  
Detroit Tigers  
Guy Morton .516 (.51613) Cleveland Indians 22
Carl Weilman .486 (.48649) St. Louis Browns 23
Willie Mitchell .440 (.44000) Cleveland Indians 24
Bob Shawkey .435 (.43478) Philadelphia Athletics 25
New York Yankees  



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).

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?