Winning Percentage : 1904 American League Top 25

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"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)
 

1904 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jack Chesbro .774 (.77358) New York Highlanders 1
Jesse Tannehill .656 (.65625) Boston Americans 2
Frank Smith .640 (.64000) Chicago White Sox 3
Bill Bernhard .639 (.63889) Cleveland Blues 4
Bill Dinneen .622 (.62162) Boston Americans 5
Cy Young .619 (.61905) Boston Americans 6
Eddie Plank .605 (.60465) Philadelphia Athletics 7
Addie Joss .583 (.58333) Cleveland Blues 8
Al Orth .583 (.58333) Washington Senators  
New York Highlanders  
Frank Owen .583 (.58333) Chicago White Sox  
Nick Altrock .576 (.57576) Chicago White Sox 11
Red Donahue .576 (.57576) Cleveland Blues  
Doc White .571 (.57143) Chicago White Sox 13
Rube Waddell .568 (.56818) Philadelphia Athletics 14
Norwood Gibson .548 (.54839) Boston Americans 15
Jack Powell .548 (.54762) New York Highlanders 16
Fred Glade .545 (.54545) St. Louis Browns 17
Bob Rhoads .526 (.52632) Cleveland Blues 18
Earl Moore .522 (.52174) Cleveland Blues 19
Bill Donovan .515 (.51515) Detroit Tigers 20
Roy Patterson .500 (.50000) Chicago White Sox 21
Chief Bender .476 (.47619) Philadelphia Athletics 22
Weldon Henley .469 (.46875) Philadelphia Athletics 23
Barney Pelty .455 (.45455) St. Louis Browns 24
George Mullin .425 (.42500) Detroit Tigers 25



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?

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.