Winning Percentage : 1931 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)
 

1931 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Lefty Grove .886 (.88571) Philadelphia Athletics 1
Firpo Marberry .800 (.80000) Washington Senators 2
Roy Mahaffey .789 (.78947) Philadelphia Athletics 3
George Earnshaw .750 (.75000) Philadelphia Athletics 4
Lefty Gomez .700 (.70000) New York Yankees 5
Wes Ferrell .647 (.64706) Cleveland Indians 6
Herb Pennock .647 (.64706) New York Yankees  
Rube Walberg .625 (.62500) Philadelphia Athletics 8
Alvin Crowder .621 (.62069) Washington Senators 9
Hank Johnson .619 (.61905) New York Yankees 10
Carl Fischer .591 (.59091) Washington Senators 11
Danny MacFayden .571 (.57143) Boston Red Sox 12
Red Ruffing .533 (.53333) New York Yankees 13
Bump Hadley .524 (.52381) Washington Senators 14
Lloyd Brown .517 (.51724) Washington Senators 15
Willis Hudlin .517 (.51724) Cleveland Indians  
Waite Hoyt .500 (.50000) Detroit Tigers 17
Philadelphia Athletics  
Mel Harder .481 (.48148) Cleveland Indians 18
Vic Sorrell .481 (.48148) Detroit Tigers  
George Uhle .478 (.47826) Detroit Tigers 20
Vic Frazier .464 (.46429) Chicago White Sox 21
Wilcy Moore .458 (.45833) Boston Red Sox 22
Lefty Stewart .452 (.45161) St. Louis Browns 23
Earl Whitehill .448 (.44828) Detroit Tigers 24
Ed Durham .444 (.44444) Boston Red Sox 25



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?

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.