Winning Percentage : 1988 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
 

1988 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Frank Viola .774 (.77419) Minnesota Twins 1
Bruce Hurst .750 (.75000) Boston Red Sox 2
Mark Gubicza .714 (.71429) Kansas City Royals 3
Storm Davis .696 (.69565) Oakland Athletics 4
Jeff Robinson .684 (.68421) Detroit Tigers 5
Dave Stieb .667 (.66667) Toronto Blue Jays 6
Bob Welch .654 (.65385) Oakland Athletics 7
Allan Anderson .640 (.64000) Minnesota Twins 8
Teddy Higuera .640 (.64000) Milwaukee Brewers  
Tom Candiotti .636 (.63636) Cleveland Indians 10
Dave Stewart .636 (.63636) Oakland Athletics  
Roger Clemens .600 (.60000) Boston Red Sox 12
Jerry Reuss .591 (.59091) Chicago White Sox 13
John Farrell .583 (.58333) Cleveland Indians 14
Mark Langston .577 (.57692) Seattle Mariners 15
Richard Dotson .571 (.57143) New York Yankees 16
Greg Swindell .563 (.56250) Cleveland Indians 17
Doyle Alexander .560 (.56000) Detroit Tigers 18
Frank Tanana .560 (.56000) Detroit Tigers  
Melido Perez .545 (.54545) Chicago White Sox 20
Jack Morris .536 (.53571) Detroit Tigers 21
Tommy John .529 (.52941) New York Yankees 22
Jeff Russell .526 (.52632) Texas Rangers 23
Charlie Leibrandt .520 (.52000) Kansas City Royals 24
Mike Flanagan .500 (.50000) Toronto Blue Jays 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 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?

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