Winning Percentage : 1908 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1908 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ed Walsh .727 (.72727) Chicago White Sox 1
Bill Donovan .720 (.72000) Detroit Tigers 2
Addie Joss .686 (.68571) Cleveland Naps 3
Bill Dinneen .667 (.66667) St. Louis Browns 4
Ed Summers .667 (.66667) Detroit Tigers  
Cy Young .656 (.65625) Boston Red Sox 6
Ed Willett .652 (.65217) Detroit Tigers 7
Heinie Berger .619 (.61905) Cleveland Naps 8
Charlie Chech .611 (.61111) Cleveland Naps 9
Bob Rhoads .600 (.60000) Cleveland Naps 10
Jack Coombs .583 (.58333) Philadelphia Athletics 11
Doc White .581 (.58065) Chicago White Sox 12
Rube Waddell .576 (.57576) St. Louis Browns 13
Ed Killian .571 (.57143) Detroit Tigers 14
George Mullin .567 (.56667) Detroit Tigers 15
Fred Burchell .556 (.55556) Boston Red Sox 16
Jack Powell .552 (.55172) St. Louis Browns 17
Tom Hughes .545 (.54545) Washington Senators 18
Cy Morgan .519 (.51852) Boston Red Sox 19
Harry Howell .500 (.50000) St. Louis Browns 20
Walter Johnson .500 (.50000) Washington Senators  
Rube Vickers .486 (.48649) Philadelphia Athletics 22
Frank Smith .485 (.48485) Chicago White Sox 23
Glenn Liebhardt .484 (.48387) Cleveland Naps 24
Eddie Cicotte .478 (.47826) Boston Red Sox 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.

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?

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.