1971 Winning Percentage Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Winning Percentage	Team	Rank
Dave McNally	.808 (.80769)	Baltimore Orioles	1
Vida Blue	.750 (.75000)	Oakland Athletics	2
Chuck Dobson	.750 (.75000)	Oakland Athletics
Pat Dobson	.714 (.71429)	Baltimore Orioles	4
Joe Coleman	.690 (.68966)	Detroit Tigers	5
Mike Cuellar	.690 (.68966)	Baltimore Orioles
Jim Palmer	.690 (.68966)	Baltimore Orioles
Catfish Hunter	.656 (.65625)	Oakland Athletics	8
Mike Hedlund	.652 (.65217)	Kansas City Royals	9
Mickey Lolich	.641 (.64103)	Detroit Tigers	10
Wilbur Wood	.629 (.62857)	Chicago White Sox	11
Sonny Siebert	.615 (.61538)	Boston Red Sox	12
Dick Drago	.607 (.60714)	Kansas City Royals	13
Andy Messersmith	.606 (.60606)	California Angels	14
Jim Lonborg	.588 (.58824)	Boston Red Sox	15
Mel Stottlemyre	.571 (.57143)	New York Yankees	16
Gary Peters	.560 (.56000)	Boston Red Sox	17
Bart Johnson	.545 (.54545)	Chicago White Sox	18
Stan Bahnsen	.538 (.53846)	New York Yankees	19
Fritz Peterson	.536 (.53571)	New York Yankees	20
Mike Kekich	.526 (.52632)	New York Yankees	21
Bert Blyleven	.516 (.51613)	Minnesota Twins	22
Tom Bradley	.500 (.50000)	Chicago White Sox	23
Marty Pattin	.500 (.50000)	Milwaukee Brewers
Jim Perry	.500 (.50000)	Minnesota Twins
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. 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? The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.