Winning Percentage : 1968 American League Top 25

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

1968 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Denny McLain .838 (.83784) Detroit Tigers 1
Ray Culp .727 (.72727) Boston Red Sox 2
Luis Tiant .700 (.70000) Cleveland Indians 3
Dick Ellsworth .696 (.69565) Boston Red Sox 4
Dave McNally .688 (.68750) Baltimore Orioles 5
Tommy John .667 (.66667) Chicago White Sox 6
Mickey Lolich .654 (.65385) Detroit Tigers 7
Mel Stottlemyre .636 (.63636) New York Yankees 8
Blue Moon Odom .615 (.61538) Oakland Athletics 9
Stan Bahnsen .586 (.58621) New York Yankees 10
Jim Hardin .581 (.58065) Baltimore Orioles 11
Sonny Siebert .545 (.54545) Cleveland Indians 12
Stan Williams .542 (.54167) Cleveland Indians 13
Jim Kaat .538 (.53846) Minnesota Twins 14
Fritz Peterson .522 (.52174) New York Yankees 15
Camilo Pascual .520 (.52000) Washington Senators 16
Earl Wilson .520 (.52000) Detroit Tigers  
Sam McDowell .517 (.51724) Cleveland Indians 18
Gary Bell .500 (.50000) Boston Red Sox 19
Dean Chance .500 (.50000) Minnesota Twins  
Catfish Hunter .500 (.50000) Oakland Athletics  
Jim Nash .500 (.50000) Oakland Athletics  
Tom Phoebus .500 (.50000) Baltimore Orioles  
Joe Sparma .500 (.50000) Detroit Tigers  
Lew Krausse .476 (.47619) Oakland Athletics 25



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).

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.

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.