Winning Percentage : 1921 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 key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1921 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Carl Mays .750 (.75000) New York Yankees 1
Urban Shocker .692 (.69231) St. Louis Browns 2
Bill Bayne .688 (.68750) St. Louis Browns 3
Joe Bush .640 (.64000) Boston Red Sox 4
Stan Coveleski .639 (.63889) Cleveland Indians 5
Duster Mails .636 (.63636) Cleveland Indians 6
Red Faber .625 (.62500) Chicago White Sox 7
Allen Sothoron .619 (.61905) St. Louis Browns 8
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Bob Shawkey .600 (.60000) New York Yankees 9
Waite Hoyt .594 (.59375) New York Yankees 10
Sam Jones .590 (.58974) Boston Red Sox 11
George Mogridge .563 (.56250) Washington Senators 12
George Uhle .552 (.55172) Cleveland Indians 13
Walter Johnson .548 (.54839) Washington Senators 14
Jim Bagby .538 (.53846) Cleveland Indians 15
Ray Kolp .533 (.53333) St. Louis Browns 16
Tom Zachary .529 (.52941) Washington Senators 17
Dickey Kerr .528 (.52778) Chicago White Sox 18
Dixie Davis .500 (.50000) St. Louis Browns 19
Roy Moore .500 (.50000) Philadelphia Athletics  
Howard Ehmke .481 (.48148) Detroit Tigers 21
Elam Vangilder .478 (.47826) St. Louis Browns 22
Herb Pennock .462 (.46154) Boston Red Sox 23
Dutch Leonard .458 (.45833) Detroit Tigers 24
Eric Erickson .444 (.44444) Washington Senators 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.

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.