Winning Percentage : 1985 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
 

1985 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ron Guidry .786 (.78571) New York Yankees 1
Bret Saberhagen .769 (.76923) Kansas City Royals 2
Jimmy Key .700 (.70000) Toronto Blue Jays 3
Ken Dixon .667 (.66667) Baltimore Orioles 4
Charlie Leibrandt .654 (.65385) Kansas City Royals 5
Teddy Higuera .652 (.65217) Milwaukee Brewers 6
Doyle Alexander .630 (.62963) Toronto Blue Jays 7
Mike Moore .630 (.62963) Seattle Mariners  
Mike Witt .625 (.62500) California Angels 9
Britt Burns .621 (.62069) Chicago White Sox 10
Ron Romanick .609 (.60870) California Angels 11
Don Sutton .600 (.60000) Oakland Athletics 12
California Angels  
Walt Terrell .600 (.60000) Detroit Tigers  
Jack Morris .593 (.59259) Detroit Tigers 14
Tom Seaver .593 (.59259) Chicago White Sox  
Mark Gubicza .583 (.58333) Kansas City Royals 16
Phil Niekro .571 (.57143) New York Yankees 17
Frank Viola .563 (.56250) Minnesota Twins 18
Storm Davis .556 (.55556) Baltimore Orioles 19
Dennis Martinez .542 (.54167) Baltimore Orioles 20
Danny Jackson .538 (.53846) Kansas City Royals 21
Oil Can Boyd .536 (.53571) Boston Red Sox 22
Dan Petry .536 (.53571) Detroit Tigers  
Dave Stieb .519 (.51852) Toronto Blue Jays 24
Mike Smithson .517 (.51724) Minnesota Twins 25



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?

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).

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.