Winning Percentage : 1948 American League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1948 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jack Kramer .783 (.78261) Boston Red Sox 1
Gene Bearden .741 (.74074) Cleveland Indians 2
Vic Raschi .704 (.70370) New York Yankees 3
Allie Reynolds .696 (.69565) New York Yankees 4
Dick Fowler .652 (.65217) Philadelphia Athletics 5
Mel Parnell .652 (.65217) Boston Red Sox  
Ray Scarborough .652 (.65217) Washington Senators  
Hal Newhouser .636 (.63636) Detroit Tigers 8
Carl Scheib .636 (.63636) Philadelphia Athletics  
Joe Dobson .615 (.61538) Boston Red Sox 10
Ed Lopat .607 (.60714) New York Yankees 11
Ellis Kinder .588 (.58824) Boston Red Sox 12
Bob Lemon .588 (.58824) Cleveland Indians  
Lou Brissie .583 (.58333) Philadelphia Athletics 14
Bob Feller .559 (.55882) Cleveland Indians 15
Fred Hutchinson .542 (.54167) Detroit Tigers 16
Sam Zoldak .524 (.52381) St. Louis Browns 17
Cleveland Indians  
Joe Coleman .519 (.51852) Philadelphia Athletics 18
Virgil Trucks .519 (.51852) Detroit Tigers  
Spec Shea .474 (.47368) New York Yankees 20
Al Gettel .421 (.42105) Cleveland Indians 21
Chicago White Sox  
Cliff Fannin .417 (.41667) St. Louis Browns 22
Dizzy Trout .417 (.41667) Detroit Tigers  
Ned Garver .389 (.38889) St. Louis Browns 24
Phil Marchildon .375 (.37500) Philadelphia Athletics 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.

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).

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?