Winning Percentage : 1937 American League Top 25

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"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1937 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Johnny Allen .938 (.93750) Cleveland Indians 1
Monty Stratton .750 (.75000) Chicago White Sox 2
Red Ruffing .741 (.74074) New York Yankees 3
Roxie Lawson .720 (.72000) Detroit Tigers 4
Lefty Gomez .656 (.65625) New York Yankees 5
Elden Auker .654 (.65385) Detroit Tigers 6
Lefty Grove .654 (.65385) Boston Red Sox  
Ted Lyons .632 (.63158) Chicago White Sox 8
Jack Wilson .615 (.61538) Boston Red Sox 9
Bump Hadley .579 (.57895) New York Yankees 10
John Whitehead .579 (.57895) Chicago White Sox  
Monte Weaver .571 (.57143) Washington Senators 12
Tommy Bridges .556 (.55556) Detroit Tigers 13
Mel Harder .556 (.55556) Cleveland Indians  
Thornton Lee .545 (.54545) Chicago White Sox 15
Johnny Marcum .542 (.54167) Boston Red Sox 16
Bobo Newsom .533 (.53333) Washington Senators 17
Boston Red Sox  
Willis Hudlin .522 (.52174) Cleveland Indians 18
Vern Kennedy .519 (.51852) Chicago White Sox 19
Jimmy DeShong .483 (.48276) Washington Senators 20
Wes Ferrell .424 (.42424) Boston Red Sox 21
Washington Senators  
Jake Wade .412 (.41176) Detroit Tigers 22
Denny Galehouse .391 (.39130) Cleveland Indians 23
George Caster .387 (.38710) Philadelphia Athletics 24
Harry Kelley .382 (.38235) Philadelphia Athletics 25



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.

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).

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.