Winning Percentage : 2005 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

2005 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Cliff Lee .783 (.78261) Cleveland Indians 1
John Lackey .737 (.73684) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2
Bartolo Colon .724 (.72414) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 3
Johan Santana .696 (.69565) Minnesota Twins 4
Matt Clement .684 (.68421) Boston Red Sox 5
Jose Contreras .682 (.68182) Chicago White Sox 6
David Wells .682 (.68182) Boston Red Sox  
Randy Johnson .680 (.68000) New York Yankees 8
Mark Buehrle .667 (.66667) Chicago White Sox 9
Jamie Moyer .650 (.65000) Seattle Mariners 10
Jon Garland .643 (.64286) Chicago White Sox 11
Freddy Garcia .636 (.63636) Chicago White Sox 12
Kenny Rogers .636 (.63636) Texas Rangers  
Chris Young .632 (.63158) Texas Rangers 14
Mike Mussina .619 (.61905) New York Yankees 15
C.C. Sabathia .600 (.60000) Cleveland Indians 16
Gustavo Chacin .591 (.59091) Toronto Blue Jays 17
Bronson Arroyo .583 (.58333) Boston Red Sox 18
Mark Hendrickson .579 (.57895) Tampa Bay Devil Rays 19
Tim Wakefield .571 (.57143) Boston Red Sox 20
Bruce Chen .565 (.56522) Baltimore Orioles 21
Rodrigo Lopez .556 (.55556) Baltimore Orioles 22
Scott Elarton .550 (.55000) Cleveland Indians 23
Dan Haren .538 (.53846) Oakland Athletics 24
Carlos Silva .529 (.52941) Minnesota Twins 25



Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

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?