Winning Percentage : 1929 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1929 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Lefty Grove .769 (.76923) Philadelphia Athletics 1
George Earnshaw .750 (.75000) Philadelphia Athletics 2
Wes Ferrell .677 (.67742) Cleveland Indians 3
Rip Collins .647 (.64706) St. Louis Browns 4
Bill Shores .647 (.64706) Philadelphia Athletics  
Rube Walberg .621 (.62069) Philadelphia Athletics 6
Firpo Marberry .613 (.61290) Washington Senators 7
George Pipgras .600 (.60000) New York Yankees 8
Ed Wells .591 (.59091) New York Yankees 9
George Uhle .577 (.57692) Detroit Tigers 10
Jack Quinn .550 (.55000) Philadelphia Athletics 11
Garland Braxton .545 (.54545) Washington Senators 12
Sam Gray .545 (.54545) St. Louis Browns  
Jake Miller .538 (.53846) Cleveland Indians 14
Lloyd Brown .533 (.53333) Washington Senators 15
Alvin Crowder .531 (.53125) St. Louis Browns 16
Willis Hudlin .531 (.53125) Cleveland Indians  
Waite Hoyt .526 (.52632) New York Yankees 18
Red Faber .500 (.50000) Chicago White Sox 19
Sam Jones .500 (.50000) Washington Senators  
Ed Morris .500 (.50000) Boston Red Sox  
Joe Shaute .500 (.50000) Cleveland Indians  
Roy Sherid .500 (.50000) New York Yankees  
George Blaeholder .483 (.48276) St. Louis Browns 24
Vic Sorrell .483 (.48276) Detroit Tigers  



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.

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.