Winning Percentage : 1957 American League Top 25

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

1957 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Dick Donovan .727 (.72727) Chicago White Sox 1
Tom Sturdivant .727 (.72727) New York Yankees  
Jim Bunning .714 (.71429) Detroit Tigers 3
Ray Narleski .688 (.68750) Cleveland Indians 4
Bobby Shantz .688 (.68750) New York Yankees  
Bob Turley .684 (.68421) New York Yankees 6
Jim Wilson .652 (.65217) Chicago White Sox 7
Billy Loes .632 (.63158) Baltimore Orioles 8
Billy Pierce .625 (.62500) Chicago White Sox 9
Mike Garcia .600 (.60000) Cleveland Indians 10
Paul Foytack .560 (.56000) Detroit Tigers 11
Connie Johnson .560 (.56000) Baltimore Orioles  
Frank Sullivan .560 (.56000) Boston Red Sox  
Tom Brewer .552 (.55172) Boston Red Sox 14
Don Mossi .524 (.52381) Cleveland Indians 15
Willard Nixon .480 (.48000) Boston Red Sox 16
Ray Moore .458 (.45833) Baltimore Orioles 17
Early Wynn .452 (.45161) Cleveland Indians 18
Billy Hoeft .450 (.45000) Detroit Tigers 19
Johnny Kucks .444 (.44444) New York Yankees 20
Mike Fornieles .435 (.43478) Baltimore Orioles 21
Boston Red Sox  
Pedro Ramos .429 (.42857) Washington Senators 22
Duke Maas .417 (.41667) Detroit Tigers 23
Frank Lary .407 (.40741) Detroit Tigers 24
Russ Kemmerer .389 (.38889) Boston Red Sox 25
Washington Senators  



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.

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.

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).