Winning Percentage : 1978 American League Top 25

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1978 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ron Guidry .893 (.89286) New York Yankees 1
Larry Gura .800 (.80000) Kansas City Royals 2
Dennis Eckersley .714 (.71429) Boston Red Sox 3
Mike Caldwell .710 (.70968) Milwaukee Brewers 4
Fergie Jenkins .692 (.69231) Texas Rangers 5
Ed Figueroa .690 (.68966) New York Yankees 6
Jack Billingham .652 (.65217) Detroit Tigers 7
Rich Gale .636 (.63636) Kansas City Royals 8
Chris Knapp .636 (.63636) California Angels  
Jim Palmer .636 (.63636) Baltimore Orioles  
Luis Tiant .619 (.61905) Boston Red Sox 11
Jim Slaton .607 (.60714) Detroit Tigers 12
Dave Goltz .600 (.60000) Minnesota Twins 13
Lary Sorensen .600 (.60000) Milwaukee Brewers  
Frank Tanana .600 (.60000) California Angels  
Paul Splittorff .594 (.59375) Kansas City Royals 16
Dennis Martinez .593 (.59259) Baltimore Orioles 17
Don Aase .579 (.57895) California Angels 18
Mike Flanagan .559 (.55882) Baltimore Orioles 19
Dennis Leonard .553 (.55263) Kansas City Royals 20
Mike Torrez .552 (.55172) Boston Red Sox 21
Jon Matlack .536 (.53571) Texas Rangers 22
Scott McGregor .536 (.53571) Baltimore Orioles  
Doc Medich .529 (.52941) Texas Rangers 24
John Henry Johnson .524 (.52381) Oakland Athletics 25



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.

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.