Winning Percentage : 1937 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1937 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Johnny Allen .938 (.93750) Cleveland Indians 1
Monty Stratton .750 (.75000) Chicago White Sox 2
Red Ruffing .741 (.74074) New York Yankees 3
Roxie Lawson .720 (.72000) Detroit Tigers 4
Lefty Gomez .656 (.65625) New York Yankees 5
Elden Auker .654 (.65385) Detroit Tigers 6
Lefty Grove .654 (.65385) Boston Red Sox  
Ted Lyons .632 (.63158) Chicago White Sox 8
Jack Wilson .615 (.61538) Boston Red Sox 9
Bump Hadley .579 (.57895) New York Yankees 10
John Whitehead .579 (.57895) Chicago White Sox  
Monte Weaver .571 (.57143) Washington Senators 12
Tommy Bridges .556 (.55556) Detroit Tigers 13
Mel Harder .556 (.55556) Cleveland Indians  
Thornton Lee .545 (.54545) Chicago White Sox 15
Johnny Marcum .542 (.54167) Boston Red Sox 16
Bobo Newsom .533 (.53333) Washington Senators 17
Boston Red Sox  
Willis Hudlin .522 (.52174) Cleveland Indians 18
Vern Kennedy .519 (.51852) Chicago White Sox 19
Jimmy DeShong .483 (.48276) Washington Senators 20
Wes Ferrell .424 (.42424) Boston Red Sox 21
Washington Senators  
Jake Wade .412 (.41176) Detroit Tigers 22
Denny Galehouse .391 (.39130) Cleveland Indians 23
George Caster .387 (.38710) Philadelphia Athletics 24
Harry Kelley .382 (.38235) Philadelphia Athletics 25



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.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.