Winning Percentage : 1907 American League Top 25

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"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)
 

1907 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bill Donovan .862 (.86207) Detroit Tigers 1
Jimmy Dygert .724 (.72414) Philadelphia Athletics 2
Addie Joss .711 (.71053) Cleveland Naps 3
Frank Smith .697 (.69697) Chicago White Sox 4
Doc White .675 (.67500) Chicago White Sox 5
Chief Bender .667 (.66667) Philadelphia Athletics 6
Ed Killian .658 (.65789) Detroit Tigers 7
Ed Siever .621 (.62069) Detroit Tigers 8
Eddie Plank .600 (.60000) Philadelphia Athletics 9
Rube Waddell .594 (.59375) Philadelphia Athletics 10
Fred Glade .591 (.59091) St. Louis Browns 11
Cy Young .583 (.58333) Boston Americans 12
Jake Thielman .579 (.57895) Cleveland Naps 13
Ed Walsh .571 (.57143) Chicago White Sox 14
Glenn Liebhardt .563 (.56250) Cleveland Naps 15
Bill Hogg .556 (.55556) New York Highlanders 16
Bob Rhoads .517 (.51724) Cleveland Naps 17
Harry Howell .516 (.51613) St. Louis Browns 18
Jack Chesbro .500 (.50000) New York Highlanders 19
Slow Joe Doyle .500 (.50000) New York Highlanders  
George Mullin .500 (.50000) Detroit Tigers  
Jack Powell .448 (.44828) St. Louis Browns 22
George Winter .444 (.44444) Boston Americans 23
Case Patten .429 (.42857) Washington Senators 24
Cy Morgan .421 (.42105) St. Louis Browns 25
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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.

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?

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).