1959 Winning Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Winning Percentage	Team	Rank
Bob Shaw	.750 (.75000)	Chicago White Sox	1
Cal McLish	.704 (.70370)	Cleveland Indians	2
Early Wynn	.688 (.68750)	Chicago White Sox	3
Don Mossi	.654 (.65385)	Detroit Tigers	4
Frank Lary	.630 (.62963)	Detroit Tigers	5
Camilo Pascual	.630 (.62963)	Washington Senators
Milt Pappas	.625 (.62500)	Baltimore Orioles	7
Jerry Casale	.619 (.61905)	Boston Red Sox	8
Whitey Ford	.615 (.61538)	New York Yankees	9
Barry Latman	.615 (.61538)	Chicago White Sox
Gary Bell	.593 (.59259)	Cleveland Indians	11
Art Ditmar	.591 (.59091)	New York Yankees	12
Mudcat Grant	.588 (.58824)	Cleveland Indians	13
Hoyt Wilhelm	.577 (.57692)	Baltimore Orioles	14
Jim Bunning	.567 (.56667)	Detroit Tigers	15
Bud Daley	.552 (.55172)	Kansas City Athletics	16
Hal Brown	.550 (.55000)	Baltimore Orioles	17
Jim Perry	.545 (.54545)	Cleveland Indians	18
Jerry Walker	.524 (.52381)	Baltimore Orioles	19
Paul Foytack	.500 (.50000)	Detroit Tigers	20
Ray Herbert	.500 (.50000)	Kansas City Athletics
Billy Pierce	.483 (.48276)	Chicago White Sox	22
Dick Donovan	.474 (.47368)	Chicago White Sox	23
Tom Brewer	.455 (.45455)	Boston Red Sox	24
Billy O'Dell	.455 (.45455)	Baltimore Orioles
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. 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).