Winning Percentage : 1922 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)
 

1922 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Joe Bush .788 (.78788) New York Yankees 1
Ray Kolp .778 (.77778) St. Louis Browns 2
Eddie Rommel .675 (.67500) Philadelphia Athletics 3
Dixie Davis .647 (.64706) St. Louis Browns 4
Bob Shawkey .625 (.62500) New York Yankees 5
Waite Hoyt .613 (.61290) New York Yankees 6
Herman Pillette .613 (.61290) Detroit Tigers  
Guy Morton .609 (.60870) Cleveland Indians 8
Tom Zachary .600 (.60000) Washington Senators 9
Elam Vangilder .594 (.59375) St. Louis Browns 10
Urban Shocker .585 (.58537) St. Louis Browns 11
George Mogridge .581 (.58065) Washington Senators 12
George Uhle .579 (.57895) Cleveland Indians 13
Dixie Leverett .565 (.56522) Chicago White Sox 14
Rasty Wright .563 (.56250) St. Louis Browns 15
Rip Collins .560 (.56000) Boston Red Sox 16
Red Faber .553 (.55263) Chicago White Sox 17
Stan Coveleski .548 (.54839) Cleveland Indians 18
Hooks Dauss .500 (.50000) Detroit Tigers 19
Howard Ehmke .500 (.50000) Detroit Tigers  
Sam Jones .500 (.50000) New York Yankees  
Walter Johnson .484 (.48387) Washington Senators 22
Charlie Robertson .483 (.48276) Chicago White Sox 23
Carl Mays .462 (.46154) New York Yankees 24
Jack Quinn .448 (.44828) Boston Red Sox 25



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?

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.