Winning Percentage : 1950 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1950 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Vic Raschi .724 (.72414) New York Yankees 1
Dizzy Trout .722 (.72222) Detroit Tigers 2
Ed Lopat .692 (.69231) New York Yankees 3
Early Wynn .692 (.69231) Cleveland Indians  
Fred Hutchinson .680 (.68000) Detroit Tigers 5
Bob Lemon .676 (.67647) Cleveland Indians 6
Mel Parnell .643 (.64286) Boston Red Sox 7
Chuck Stobbs .632 (.63158) Boston Red Sox 8
Tommy Byrne .625 (.62500) New York Yankees 9
Art Houtteman .613 (.61290) Detroit Tigers 10
Joe Dobson .600 (.60000) Boston Red Sox 11
Bob Hooper .600 (.60000) Philadelphia Athletics  
Bob Feller .593 (.59259) Cleveland Indians 13
Allie Reynolds .571 (.57143) New York Yankees 14
Ellis Kinder .538 (.53846) Boston Red Sox 15
Hal Newhouser .536 (.53571) Detroit Tigers 16
Mike Garcia .500 (.50000) Cleveland Indians 17
Sid Hudson .500 (.50000) Washington Senators  
Bob Kuzava .474 (.47368) Chicago White Sox 19
Washington Senators  
Bob Cain .429 (.42857) Chicago White Sox 20
Stubby Overmire .429 (.42857) St. Louis Browns  
Billy Pierce .429 (.42857) Chicago White Sox  
Ned Garver .419 (.41935) St. Louis Browns 23
Ray Scarborough .419 (.41935) Washington Senators  
Chicago White Sox  
Hank Wyse .391 (.39130) 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.

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.