Winning Percentage : 1916 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1916 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Nick Cullop .684 (.68421) New York Yankees 1
Eddie Cicotte .682 (.68182) Chicago White Sox 2
Rube Foster .667 (.66667) Boston Red Sox 3
Babe Ruth .657 (.65714) Boston Red Sox 4
Harry Coveleski .656 (.65625) Detroit Tigers 5
Red Faber .654 (.65385) Chicago White Sox 6
Lefty Williams .650 (.65000) Chicago White Sox 7
Bob Shawkey .632 (.63158) New York Yankees 8
Reb Russell .621 (.62069) Chicago White Sox 9
Ernie Shore .615 (.61538) Boston Red Sox 10
Hooks Dauss .613 (.61290) Detroit Tigers 11
Dutch Leonard .600 (.60000) Boston Red Sox 12
Bob Groom .591 (.59091) St. Louis Browns 13
Bert Gallia .586 (.58621) Washington Senators 14
Harry Harper .583 (.58333) Washington Senators 15
Carl Mays .581 (.58065) Boston Red Sox 16
Ray Fisher .579 (.57895) New York Yankees 17
Ernie Koob .579 (.57895) St. Louis Browns  
Walter Johnson .556 (.55556) Washington Senators 19
Stan Coveleski .536 (.53571) Cleveland Indians 20
Dave Davenport .522 (.52174) St. Louis Browns 21
Eddie Plank .516 (.51613) St. Louis Browns 22
Jim Bagby .500 (.50000) Cleveland Indians 23
Jean Dubuc .500 (.50000) Detroit Tigers  
Carl Weilman .486 (.48571) St. Louis Browns 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.

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?