Winning Percentage : 1923 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1923 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Herb Pennock .760 (.76000) New York Yankees 1
Sam Jones .724 (.72414) New York Yankees 2
Bert Cole .722 (.72222) Detroit Tigers 3
Waite Hoyt .654 (.65385) New York Yankees 4
Syl Johnson .632 (.63158) Detroit Tigers 5
Urban Shocker .625 (.62500) St. Louis Browns 6
George Uhle .619 (.61905) Cleveland Indians 7
Hooks Dauss .618 (.61765) Detroit Tigers 8
Bob Shawkey .593 (.59259) New York Yankees 9
Allen Russell .588 (.58824) Washington Senators 10
Walter Johnson .586 (.58621) Washington Senators 11
Red Faber .560 (.56000) Chicago White Sox 12
Joe Bush .559 (.55882) New York Yankees 13
Joe Shaute .556 (.55556) Cleveland Indians 14
Howard Ehmke .541 (.54054) Boston Red Sox 15
Dave Danforth .533 (.53333) St. Louis Browns 16
Ken Holloway .524 (.52381) Detroit Tigers 17
Jim Joe Edwards .500 (.50000) Cleveland Indians 18
George Mogridge .500 (.50000) Washington Senators  
Eddie Rommel .486 (.48649) Philadelphia Athletics 20
Elam Vangilder .485 (.48485) St. Louis Browns 21
Stan Coveleski .481 (.48148) Cleveland Indians 22
Mike Cvengros .480 (.48000) Chicago White Sox 23
Paul Zahniser .474 (.47368) Washington Senators 24
Sloppy Thurston .467 (.46667) St. Louis Browns 25
Chicago White Sox  



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.

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?

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.