Winning Percentage : 2001 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

2001 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Roger Clemens .870 (.86957) New York Yankees 1
Paul Abbott .810 (.80952) Seattle Mariners 2
C.C. Sabathia .773 (.77273) Cleveland Indians 3
Jamie Moyer .769 (.76923) Seattle Mariners 4
Freddy Garcia .750 (.75000) Seattle Mariners 5
Aaron Sele .750 (.75000) Seattle Mariners  
Mark Mulder .724 (.72414) Oakland Athletics 7
Cory Lidle .684 (.68421) Oakland Athletics 8
Eric Milton .682 (.68182) Minnesota Twins 9
Barry Zito .680 (.68000) Oakland Athletics 10
Mark Buehrle .667 (.66667) Chicago White Sox 11
Tim Hudson .667 (.66667) Oakland Athletics  
Steve Sparks .609 (.60870) Detroit Tigers 13
Mike Mussina .607 (.60714) New York Yankees 14
Andy Pettitte .600 (.60000) New York Yankees 15
Brad Radke .577 (.57692) Minnesota Twins 16
Joe Mays .567 (.56667) Minnesota Twins 17
Hideo Nomo .565 (.56522) Boston Red Sox 18
Ramon Ortiz .542 (.54167) Anaheim Angels 19
Bartolo Colon .538 (.53846) Cleveland Indians 20
Doug Davis .524 (.52381) Texas Rangers 21
Jarrod Washburn .524 (.52381) Anaheim Angels  
Rick Helling .522 (.52174) Texas Rangers 23
Chris Carpenter .500 (.50000) Toronto Blue Jays 24
Esteban Loaiza .500 (.50000) Toronto Blue Jays  



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).

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

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?