Winning Percentage : 1951 American League Top 25

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"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)
 

1951 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bob Feller .733 (.73333) Cleveland Indians 1
Ed Lopat .700 (.70000) New York Yankees 2
Allie Reynolds .680 (.68000) New York Yankees 3
Vic Raschi .677 (.67742) New York Yankees 4
Bobby Shantz .643 (.64286) Philadelphia Athletics 5
Ned Garver .625 (.62500) St. Louis Browns 6
Mel Parnell .621 (.62069) Boston Red Sox 7
Virgil Trucks .619 (.61905) Detroit Tigers 8
Mike Garcia .606 (.60606) Cleveland Indians 9
Early Wynn .606 (.60606) Cleveland Indians  
Saul Rogovin .600 (.60000) Detroit Tigers 11
Chicago White Sox  
Ray Scarborough .571 (.57143) Boston Red Sox 12
Connie Marrero .550 (.55000) Washington Senators 13
Bob Lemon .548 (.54839) Cleveland Indians 14
Bob Hooper .545 (.54545) Philadelphia Athletics 15
Chuck Stobbs .526 (.52632) Boston Red Sox 16
Billy Pierce .517 (.51724) Chicago White Sox 17
Bob Cain .500 (.50000) Chicago White Sox 18
Detroit Tigers  
Fred Hutchinson .500 (.50000) Detroit Tigers  
Mickey McDermott .500 (.50000) Boston Red Sox  
Ken Holcombe .478 (.47826) Chicago White Sox 21
Alex Kellner .440 (.44000) Philadelphia Athletics 22
Dizzy Trout .391 (.39130) Detroit Tigers 23
Don Johnson .368 (.36842) St. Louis Browns 24
Washington Senators  
Ted Gray .333 (.33333) Detroit Tigers 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.

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 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?