Winning Percentage : 1917 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)
 

1917 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ed Klepfer .778 (.77778) Cleveland Indians 1
Reb Russell .750 (.75000) Chicago White Sox 2
Carl Mays .710 (.70968) Boston Red Sox 3
Eddie Cicotte .700 (.70000) Chicago White Sox 4
Lefty Williams .680 (.68000) Chicago White Sox 5
Babe Ruth .649 (.64865) Boston Red Sox 6
Dave Danforth .647 (.64706) Chicago White Sox 7
Jim Bagby .639 (.63889) Cleveland Indians 8
Willie Mitchell .600 (.60000) Detroit Tigers 9
Bernie Boland .593 (.59259) Detroit Tigers 10
Walter Johnson .590 (.58974) Washington Senators 11
Stan Coveleski .576 (.57576) Cleveland Indians 12
Bill James .565 (.56522) Detroit Tigers 13
Ernie Shore .565 (.56522) Boston Red Sox  
Red Faber .552 (.55172) Chicago White Sox 15
Hooks Dauss .548 (.54839) Detroit Tigers 16
Doc Ayers .524 (.52381) Washington Senators 17
Jim Shaw .517 (.51724) Washington Senators 18
Dave Davenport .500 (.50000) St. Louis Browns 19
Guy Morton .500 (.50000) Cleveland Indians  
Win Noyes .500 (.50000) Philadelphia Athletics  
Dutch Leonard .485 (.48485) Boston Red Sox 22
Harry Harper .478 (.47826) Washington Senators 23
Bob Shawkey .464 (.46429) New York Yankees 24
George Mogridge .450 (.45000) New York Yankees 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.

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.