Winning Percentage : 1984 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
 

1984 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Doyle Alexander .739 (.73913) Toronto Blue Jays 1
Bert Blyleven .731 (.73077) Cleveland Indians 2
Dan Petry .692 (.69231) Detroit Tigers 3
Milt Wilcox .680 (.68000) Detroit Tigers 4
Phil Niekro .667 (.66667) New York Yankees 5
Dave Stieb .667 (.66667) Toronto Blue Jays  
Al Nipper .647 (.64706) Boston Red Sox 7
Mike Boddicker .645 (.64516) Baltimore Orioles 8
Jack Morris .633 (.63333) Detroit Tigers 9
Mark Langston .630 (.62963) Seattle Mariners 10
Luis Leal .619 (.61905) Toronto Blue Jays 11
Storm Davis .609 (.60870) Baltimore Orioles 12
Frank Viola .600 (.60000) Minnesota Twins 13
Bud Black .586 (.58621) Kansas City Royals 14
Tom Seaver .577 (.57692) Chicago White Sox 15
Mike Witt .577 (.57692) California Angels  
Larry Gura .571 (.57143) Kansas City Royals 17
Ray Burris .565 (.56522) Oakland Athletics 18
Geoff Zahn .565 (.56522) California Angels  
Floyd Bannister .560 (.56000) Chicago White Sox 20
Scott McGregor .556 (.55556) Baltimore Orioles 21
John Butcher .542 (.54167) Minnesota Twins 22
Don Sutton .538 (.53846) Milwaukee Brewers 23
Mike Smithson .536 (.53571) Minnesota Twins 24
Charlie Hough .533 (.53333) Texas Rangers 25



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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.