Winning Percentage : 1935 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)
 

1935 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Elden Auker .720 (.72000) Detroit Tigers 1
Johnny Allen .684 (.68421) New York Yankees 2
Johnny Broaca .682 (.68182) New York Yankees 3
Tommy Bridges .677 (.67742) Detroit Tigers 4
Mel Harder .667 (.66667) Cleveland Indians 5
Vito Tamulis .667 (.66667) New York Yankees  
Ted Lyons .652 (.65217) Chicago White Sox 7
Ivy Andrews .650 (.65000) St. Louis Browns 8
Wes Ferrell .641 (.64103) Boston Red Sox 9
Lefty Grove .625 (.62500) Boston Red Sox 10
Alvin Crowder .615 (.61538) Detroit Tigers 11
Ed Linke .611 (.61111) Washington Senators 12
Schoolboy Rowe .594 (.59375) Detroit Tigers 13
Red Ruffing .593 (.59259) New York Yankees 14
Johnny Marcum .586 (.58621) Philadelphia Athletics 15
Jack Knott .579 (.57895) St. Louis Browns 16
Willis Hudlin .577 (.57692) Cleveland Indians 17
Oral Hildebrand .529 (.52941) Cleveland Indians 18
Earl Whitehill .519 (.51852) Washington Senators 19
Vern Kennedy .500 (.50000) Chicago White Sox 20
John Whitehead .500 (.50000) Chicago White Sox  
Lefty Gomez .444 (.44444) New York Yankees 22
Thornton Lee .412 (.41176) Cleveland Indians 23
Sugar Cain .409 (.40909) Philadelphia Athletics 24
St. Louis Browns  
Bump Hadley .400 (.40000) Washington Senators 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?

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).