Winning Percentage : 1999 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:

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1999 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Pedro Martinez .852 (.85185) Boston Red Sox 1
Bartolo Colon .783 (.78261) Cleveland Indians 2
Mike Mussina .720 (.72000) Baltimore Orioles 3
Freddy Garcia .680 (.68000) Seattle Mariners 4
Aaron Sele .667 (.66667) Texas Rangers 5
Orlando Hernandez .654 (.65385) New York Yankees 6
Jamie Moyer .636 (.63636) Seattle Mariners 7
David Wells .630 (.62963) Toronto Blue Jays 8
Dave Burba .625 (.62500) Cleveland Indians 9
Gil Heredia .619 (.61905) Oakland Athletics 10
Hideki Irabu .611 (.61111) New York Yankees 11
Charles Nagy .607 (.60714) Cleveland Indians 12
Roger Clemens .583 (.58333) New York Yankees 13
Omar Olivares .577 (.57692) Anaheim Angels 14
Oakland Athletics  
David Cone .571 (.57143) New York Yankees 15
Kelvim Escobar .560 (.56000) Toronto Blue Jays 16
Andy Pettitte .560 (.56000) New York Yankees  
Scott Erickson .556 (.55556) Baltimore Orioles 18
Rick Helling .542 (.54167) Texas Rangers 19
Dave Mlicki .538 (.53846) Detroit Tigers 20
Kevin Appier .533 (.53333) Kansas City Royals 21
Oakland Athletics  
John Halama .524 (.52381) Seattle Mariners 22
Chuck Finley .522 (.52174) Anaheim Angels 23
Wilson Alvarez .500 (.50000) Tampa Bay Devil Rays 24
Sidney Ponson .500 (.50000) Baltimore Orioles  



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?

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.

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).