Winning Percentage : 1911 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)
 

1911 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Chief Bender .773 (.77273) Philadelphia Athletics 1
Vean Gregg .767 (.76667) Cleveland Naps 2
Eddie Plank .742 (.74194) Philadelphia Athletics 3
Jack Coombs .700 (.70000) Philadelphia Athletics 4
Ralph Works .688 (.68750) Detroit Tigers 5
Cy Morgan .682 (.68182) Philadelphia Athletics 6
Russ Ford .667 (.66667) New York Highlanders 7
Walter Johnson .658 (.65789) Washington Senators 8
George Mullin .643 (.64286) Detroit Tigers 9
Ed Walsh .600 (.60000) Chicago White Sox 10
Gene Krapp .591 (.59091) Cleveland Naps 11
Harry Krause .579 (.57895) Philadelphia Athletics 12
Ed Lafitte .579 (.57895) Detroit Tigers  
Joe Wood .575 (.57500) Boston Red Sox 14
Jim Scott .560 (.56000) Chicago White Sox 15
Larry Pape .556 (.55556) Boston Red Sox 16
George Kahler .529 (.52941) Cleveland Naps 17
Bill Donovan .526 (.52632) Detroit Tigers 18
Ray Caldwell .500 (.50000) New York Highlanders 19
Frank Lange .500 (.50000) Chicago White Sox  
Ed Summers .500 (.50000) Detroit Tigers  
Ed Willett .481 (.48148) Detroit Tigers 22
Jack Warhop .480 (.48000) New York Highlanders 23
Ray Collins .478 (.47826) Boston Red Sox 24
Ray Fisher .476 (.47619) New York Highlanders 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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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).