Winning Percentage : 1928 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)
 

1928 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Alvin Crowder .808 (.80769) St. Louis Browns 1
Waite Hoyt .767 (.76667) New York Yankees 2
Lefty Grove .750 (.75000) Philadelphia Athletics 3
Herb Pennock .739 (.73913) New York Yankees 4
Eddie Rommel .722 (.72222) Philadelphia Athletics 5
Jack Quinn .720 (.72000) Philadelphia Athletics 6
Sam Jones .708 (.70833) Washington Senators 7
George Pipgras .649 (.64865) New York Yankees 8
Sam Gray .625 (.62500) St. Louis Browns 9
Hank Johnson .609 (.60870) New York Yankees 10
Red Faber .591 (.59091) Chicago White Sox 11
Rube Walberg .586 (.58621) Philadelphia Athletics 12
Ownie Carroll .571 (.57143) Detroit Tigers 13
Ed Morris .559 (.55882) Boston Red Sox 14
George Grant .556 (.55556) Cleveland Indians 15
Garland Braxton .542 (.54167) Washington Senators 16
Elam Vangilder .524 (.52381) Detroit Tigers 17
Ted Lyons .517 (.51724) Chicago White Sox 18
Tommy Thomas .515 (.51515) Chicago White Sox 19
George Earnshaw .500 (.50000) Philadelphia Athletics 20
Willis Hudlin .500 (.50000) Cleveland Indians  
Firpo Marberry .500 (.50000) Washington Senators  
Jack Ogden .484 (.48387) St. Louis Browns 23
Bump Hadley .480 (.48000) Washington Senators 24
Jake Miller .471 (.47059) Cleveland Indians 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.

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?

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.