Winning Percentage : 1921 American League Top 25

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"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1921 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Carl Mays .750 (.75000) New York Yankees 1
Urban Shocker .692 (.69231) St. Louis Browns 2
Bill Bayne .688 (.68750) St. Louis Browns 3
Joe Bush .640 (.64000) Boston Red Sox 4
Stan Coveleski .639 (.63889) Cleveland Indians 5
Duster Mails .636 (.63636) Cleveland Indians 6
Red Faber .625 (.62500) Chicago White Sox 7
Allen Sothoron .619 (.61905) St. Louis Browns 8
Boston Red Sox  
Cleveland Indians  
Bob Shawkey .600 (.60000) New York Yankees 9
Waite Hoyt .594 (.59375) New York Yankees 10
Sam Jones .590 (.58974) Boston Red Sox 11
George Mogridge .563 (.56250) Washington Senators 12
George Uhle .552 (.55172) Cleveland Indians 13
Walter Johnson .548 (.54839) Washington Senators 14
Jim Bagby .538 (.53846) Cleveland Indians 15
Ray Kolp .533 (.53333) St. Louis Browns 16
Tom Zachary .529 (.52941) Washington Senators 17
Dickey Kerr .528 (.52778) Chicago White Sox 18
Dixie Davis .500 (.50000) St. Louis Browns 19
Roy Moore .500 (.50000) Philadelphia Athletics  
Howard Ehmke .481 (.48148) Detroit Tigers 21
Elam Vangilder .478 (.47826) St. Louis Browns 22
Herb Pennock .462 (.46154) Boston Red Sox 23
Dutch Leonard .458 (.45833) Detroit Tigers 24
Eric Erickson .444 (.44444) Washington Senators 25



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

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).