1940 Winning Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Winning Percentage	Team	Rank
Schoolboy Rowe	.842 (.84211)	Detroit Tigers	1
Bobo Newsom	.808 (.80769)	Detroit Tigers	2
Bob Feller	.711 (.71053)	Cleveland Indians	3
Al Smith	.682 (.68182)	Cleveland Indians	4
Jack Wilson	.667 (.66667)	Boston Red Sox	5
Al Milnar	.643 (.64286)	Cleveland Indians	6
Marius Russo	.636 (.63636)	New York Yankees	7
Eddie Smith	.609 (.60870)	Chicago White Sox	8
Ted Lyons	.600 (.60000)	Chicago White Sox	9
Elden Auker	.593 (.59259)	St. Louis Browns	10
Tommy Bridges	.571 (.57143)	Detroit Tigers	11
Red Ruffing	.556 (.55556)	New York Yankees	12
Jack Knott	.550 (.55000)	Chicago White Sox	13
Lefty Grove	.538 (.53846)	Boston Red Sox	14
Spud Chandler	.533 (.53333)	New York Yankees	15
Mel Harder	.522 (.52174)	Cleveland Indians	16
Johnny Babich	.519 (.51852)	Philadelphia Athletics	17
Sid Hudson	.515 (.51515)	Washington Senators	18
Johnny Gorsica	.500 (.50000)	Detroit Tigers	19
Thornton Lee	.480 (.48000)	Chicago White Sox	20
Marv Breuer	.471 (.47059)	New York Yankees	21
Ken Chase	.469 (.46875)	Washington Senators	22
Johnny Rigney	.438 (.43750)	Chicago White Sox	23
Dutch Leonard	.424 (.42424)	Washington Senators	24
Bob Harris	.423 (.42308)	St. Louis Browns	25
Name	Winning Percentage	Team	Rank

	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.