Winning Percentage : 1918 American League Top 25

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"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)
 

1918 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Sam Jones .762 (.76190) Boston Red Sox 1
Fritz Coumbe .650 (.65000) Cleveland Indians 2
Babe Ruth .650 (.65000) Boston Red Sox  
Walter Johnson .639 (.63889) Washington Senators 4
Guy Morton .636 (.63636) Cleveland Indians 5
Stan Coveleski .629 (.62857) Cleveland Indians 6
Carl Mays .618 (.61765) Boston Red Sox 7
Bernie Boland .583 (.58333) Detroit Tigers 8
Reb Russell .583 (.58333) Chicago White Sox  
Bert Gallia .571 (.57143) St. Louis Browns 10
Dutch Leonard .571 (.57143) Boston Red Sox  
Jim Shaw .571 (.57143) Washington Senators  
George Mogridge .552 (.55172) New York Yankees 13
Ray Caldwell .529 (.52941) New York Yankees 14
Harry Harper .524 (.52381) Washington Senators 15
Slim Love .520 (.52000) New York Yankees 16
Jim Bagby .515 (.51515) Cleveland Indians 17
Scott Perry .513 (.51282) Philadelphia Athletics 18
Joe Benz .500 (.50000) Chicago White Sox 19
Joe Bush .500 (.50000) Boston Red Sox  
Allen Sothoron .500 (.50000) St. Louis Browns  
Dave Davenport .476 (.47619) St. Louis Browns 22
George Cunningham .462 (.46154) Detroit Tigers 23
Doc Ayers .455 (.45455) Washington Senators 24
Tom Rogers .444 (.44444) St. Louis Browns 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?

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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.