Winning Percentage : 1925 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)
 

1925 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Stan Coveleski .800 (.80000) Washington Senators 1
Ken Holloway .765 (.76471) Detroit Tigers 2
Walter Johnson .741 (.74074) Washington Senators 3
Dutch Ruether .720 (.72000) Washington Senators 4
Ted Blankenship .680 (.68000) Chicago White Sox 5
Eddie Rommel .677 (.67742) Philadelphia Athletics 6
Joe Giard .667 (.66667) St. Louis Browns 7
Sam Gray .667 (.66667) Philadelphia Athletics  
Ted Lyons .656 (.65625) Chicago White Sox 9
Elam Vangilder .636 (.63636) St. Louis Browns 10
Dixie Davis .632 (.63158) St. Louis Browns 11
Garland Buckeye .619 (.61905) Cleveland Indians 12
Slim Harriss .613 (.61290) Philadelphia Athletics 13
Hooks Dauss .593 (.59259) Detroit Tigers 14
Jack Quinn .542 (.54167) Boston Red Sox 15
Philadelphia Athletics  
George Uhle .542 (.54167) Cleveland Indians  
Lil Stoner .526 (.52632) Detroit Tigers 17
Red Faber .522 (.52174) Chicago White Sox 18
Milt Gaston .517 (.51724) St. Louis Browns 19
Joe Bush .500 (.50000) St. Louis Browns 20
Urban Shocker .500 (.50000) New York Yankees  
Earl Whitehill .500 (.50000) Detroit Tigers  
Herb Pennock .485 (.48485) New York Yankees 23
Benn Karr .478 (.47826) Cleveland Indians 24
Lefty Grove .455 (.45455) Philadelphia Athletics 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?

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).

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.