Winning Percentage : 1903 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1903 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Cy Young .757 (.75676) Boston Americans 1
Tom Hughes .741 (.74074) Boston Americans 2
Bill Bernhard .700 (.70000) Cleveland Blues 3
Earl Moore .679 (.67857) Cleveland Blues 4
Bill Dinneen .618 (.61765) Boston Americans 5
Harry Howell .600 (.60000) New York Highlanders 6
Norwood Gibson .591 (.59091) Boston Americans 7
Eddie Plank .590 (.58974) Philadelphia Athletics 8
Jack Chesbro .583 (.58333) New York Highlanders 9
Willie Sudhoff .583 (.58333) St. Louis Browns  
Addie Joss .581 (.58065) Cleveland Blues 11
Rube Waddell .568 (.56757) Philadelphia Athletics 12
Clark Griffith .560 (.56000) New York Highlanders 13
George Mullin .559 (.55882) Detroit Tigers 14
Chief Bender .548 (.54839) Philadelphia Athletics 15
Weldon Henley .545 (.54545) Philadelphia Athletics 16
George Winter .529 (.52941) Boston Americans 17
Bill Donovan .515 (.51515) Detroit Tigers 18
Doc White .515 (.51515) Chicago White Stockings  
Roy Patterson .500 (.50000) Chicago White Stockings 20
Jesse Tannehill .500 (.50000) New York Highlanders  
Red Donahue .484 (.48387) St. Louis Browns 22
Cleveland Blues  
Frank Kitson .484 (.48387) Detroit Tigers  
Ed Siever .481 (.48148) St. Louis Browns 24
Jack Powell .441 (.44118) St. Louis Browns 25



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.

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.

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.