1949 Winning Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Winning Percentage	Team	Rank
Ellis Kinder	.793 (.79310)	Boston Red Sox	1
Mel Parnell	.781 (.78125)	Boston Red Sox	2
Allie Reynolds	.739 (.73913)	New York Yankees	3
Mike Garcia	.737 (.73684)	Cleveland Indians	4
Bob Lemon	.688 (.68750)	Cleveland Indians	5
Tommy Byrne	.682 (.68182)	New York Yankees	6
Fred Hutchinson	.682 (.68182)	Detroit Tigers
Vic Raschi	.677 (.67742)	New York Yankees	8
Chuck Stobbs	.647 (.64706)	Boston Red Sox	9
Virgil Trucks	.633 (.63333)	Detroit Tigers	10
Alex Kellner	.625 (.62500)	Philadelphia Athletics	11
Bob Kuzava	.625 (.62500)	Chicago White Sox
Hal Newhouser	.621 (.62069)	Detroit Tigers	13
Early Wynn	.611 (.61111)	Cleveland Indians	14
Art Houtteman	.600 (.60000)	Detroit Tigers	15
Ed Lopat	.600 (.60000)	New York Yankees
Lou Brissie	.593 (.59259)	Philadelphia Athletics	17
Dick Fowler	.577 (.57692)	Philadelphia Athletics	18
Ray Scarborough	.542 (.54167)	Washington Senators	19
Joe Dobson	.538 (.53846)	Boston Red Sox	20
Bill Wight	.536 (.53571)	Chicago White Sox	21
Bob Feller	.517 (.51724)	Cleveland Indians	22
Ted Gray	.500 (.50000)	Detroit Tigers	23
Joe Coleman	.481 (.48148)	Philadelphia Athletics	24
Mickey Haefner	.450 (.45000)	Washington Senators	25
		Chicago White Sox
Name	Winning Percentage	Team	Rank

	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. 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.