Winning Percentage : 1970 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:

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

1970 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Mike Cuellar .750 (.75000) Baltimore Orioles 1
Dave McNally .727 (.72727) Baltimore Orioles 2
Jim Palmer .667 (.66667) Baltimore Orioles 3
Jim Perry .667 (.66667) Minnesota Twins  
Sonny Siebert .652 (.65217) Boston Red Sox 5
Clyde Wright .647 (.64706) California Angels 6
Fritz Peterson .645 (.64516) New York Yankees 7
Les Cain .632 (.63158) Detroit Tigers 8
Sam McDowell .625 (.62500) Cleveland Indians 9
Gary Peters .593 (.59259) Boston Red Sox 10
Jim Kaat .583 (.58333) Minnesota Twins 11
Dick Bosman .571 (.57143) Washington Senators 12
Catfish Hunter .563 (.56250) Oakland Athletics 13
Stan Bahnsen .560 (.56000) New York Yankees 14
Tom Murphy .552 (.55172) California Angels 15
Ray Culp .548 (.54839) Boston Red Sox 16
Marty Pattin .538 (.53846) Milwaukee Brewers 17
Mel Stottlemyre .536 (.53571) New York Yankees 18
Bert Blyleven .526 (.52632) Minnesota Twins 19
Andy Messersmith .524 (.52381) California Angels 20
Chuck Dobson .516 (.51613) Oakland Athletics 21
Diego Segui .500 (.50000) Oakland Athletics 22
Joe Niekro .480 (.48000) Detroit Tigers 23
Mickey Lolich .424 (.42424) Detroit Tigers 24
Lew Krausse .419 (.41935) Milwaukee Brewers 25



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.

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.