Winning Percentage : 1941 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
 

1941 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Lefty Gomez .750 (.75000) New York Yankees 1
Al Benton .714 (.71429) Detroit Tigers 2
Spud Chandler .714 (.71429) New York Yankees  
Red Ruffing .714 (.71429) New York Yankees  
Thornton Lee .667 (.66667) Chicago White Sox 5
Bob Feller .658 (.65789) Cleveland Indians 6
Dick Newsome .655 (.65517) Boston Red Sox 7
Atley Donald .643 (.64286) New York Yankees 8
Charlie Wagner .600 (.60000) Boston Red Sox 9
Bob Muncrief .591 (.59091) St. Louis Browns 10
Marius Russo .583 (.58333) New York Yankees 11
Dutch Leonard .581 (.58065) Washington Senators 12
Ted Lyons .545 (.54545) Chicago White Sox 13
Jack Knott .542 (.54167) Philadelphia Athletics 14
Johnny Rigney .500 (.50000) Chicago White Sox 15
Elden Auker .483 (.48276) St. Louis Browns 16
Sid Hudson .481 (.48148) Washington Senators 17
Al Smith .480 (.48000) Cleveland Indians 18
Denny Galehouse .474 (.47368) St. Louis Browns 19
Bob Harris .462 (.46154) St. Louis Browns 20
Johnny Gorsica .450 (.45000) Detroit Tigers 21
Hal Newhouser .450 (.45000) Detroit Tigers  
Johnny Niggeling .438 (.43750) St. Louis Browns 23
Eddie Smith .433 (.43333) Chicago White Sox 24
Les McCrabb .409 (.40909) Philadelphia Athletics 25



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.

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.