Winning Percentage : 1906 American League Top 25

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1906 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Eddie Plank .760 (.76000) Philadelphia Athletics 1
Doc White .750 (.75000) Chicago White Sox 2
Addie Joss .700 (.70000) Cleveland Naps 3
Bob Rhoads .688 (.68750) Cleveland Naps 4
Frank Owen .629 (.62857) Chicago White Sox 5
Al Orth .614 (.61364) New York Highlanders 6
Nick Altrock .606 (.60606) Chicago White Sox 7
Chief Bender .600 (.60000) Philadelphia Athletics 8
Barney Pelty .593 (.59259) St. Louis Browns 9
Jack Chesbro .575 (.57500) New York Highlanders 10
Ed Walsh .567 (.56667) Chicago White Sox 11
Ed Siever .560 (.56000) Detroit Tigers 12
Case Patten .543 (.54286) Washington Senators 13
Jesse Tannehill .542 (.54167) Boston Americans 14
Otto Hess .541 (.54054) Cleveland Naps 15
George Mullin .538 (.53846) Detroit Tigers 16
Bill Hogg .519 (.51852) New York Highlanders 17
Fred Glade .517 (.51724) St. Louis Browns 18
Harry Howell .517 (.51724) St. Louis Browns  
Bill Bernhard .516 (.51613) Cleveland Naps 20
Jack Coombs .500 (.50000) Philadelphia Athletics 21
Beany Jacobson .500 (.50000) St. Louis Browns  
Red Donahue .481 (.48148) Detroit Tigers 23
Jack Powell .481 (.48148) St. Louis Browns  
Rube Waddell .469 (.46875) Philadelphia Athletics 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.

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.