Winning Percentage : 1965 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1965 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Mudcat Grant .750 (.75000) Minnesota Twins 1
Denny McLain .727 (.72727) Detroit Tigers 2
Mel Stottlemyre .690 (.68966) New York Yankees 3
Eddie Fisher .682 (.68182) Chicago White Sox 4
Tommy John .667 (.66667) Chicago White Sox 5
Sonny Siebert .667 (.66667) Cleveland Indians  
Dave McNally .647 (.64706) Baltimore Orioles 7
Ralph Terry .647 (.64706) Cleveland Indians  
Jim Perry .632 (.63158) Minnesota Twins 9
Mickey Lolich .625 (.62500) Detroit Tigers 10
Jim Kaat .621 (.62069) Minnesota Twins 11
John Buzhardt .619 (.61905) Chicago White Sox 12
Joe Sparma .619 (.61905) Detroit Tigers  
Sam McDowell .607 (.60714) Cleveland Indians 14
Steve Barber .600 (.60000) Baltimore Orioles 15
Dean Chance .600 (.60000) California Angels  
Milt Pappas .591 (.59091) Baltimore Orioles 17
Hank Aguirre .583 (.58333) Detroit Tigers 18
Wally Bunker .556 (.55556) Baltimore Orioles 19
Pete Richert .556 (.55556) Washington Senators  
Rollie Sheldon .556 (.55556) New York Yankees  
Kansas City Athletics  
Whitey Ford .552 (.55172) New York Yankees 22
Marcelino Lopez .519 (.51852) California Angels 23
Joe Horlen .500 (.50000) Chicago White Sox 24
Luis Tiant .500 (.50000) Cleveland Indians  



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.

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.

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?