Winning Percentage : 1958 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
 

1958 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bob Turley .750 (.75000) New York Yankees 1
Whitey Ford .667 (.66667) New York Yankees 2
Cal McLish .667 (.66667) Cleveland Indians  
Ike Delock .636 (.63636) Boston Red Sox 4
Billy Pierce .607 (.60714) Chicago White Sox 5
Frank Sullivan .591 (.59091) Boston Red Sox 6
Duke Maas .579 (.57895) Kansas City Athletics 7
New York Yankees  
Arnie Portocarrero .577 (.57692) Baltimore Orioles 8
Ray Narleski .565 (.56522) Cleveland Indians 9
Billy O'Dell .560 (.56000) Baltimore Orioles 10
Gary Bell .545 (.54545) Cleveland Indians 11
Jim Bunning .538 (.53846) Detroit Tigers 12
Paul Foytack .536 (.53571) Detroit Tigers 13
Ned Garver .522 (.52174) Kansas City Athletics 14
Dick Donovan .517 (.51724) Chicago White Sox 15
Frank Lary .516 (.51613) Detroit Tigers 16
Tom Brewer .500 (.50000) Boston Red Sox 17
Ray Herbert .500 (.50000) Kansas City Athletics  
Jim Wilson .500 (.50000) Chicago White Sox  
Mudcat Grant .476 (.47619) Cleveland Indians 20
Early Wynn .467 (.46667) Chicago White Sox 21
Ralph Terry .458 (.45833) Kansas City Athletics 22
Jack Harshman .444 (.44444) Baltimore Orioles 23
Pedro Ramos .438 (.43750) Washington Senators 24
Camilo Pascual .400 (.40000) Washington Senators 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.

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.