Winning Percentage : 1973 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
 

1973 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Catfish Hunter .808 (.80769) Oakland Athletics 1
Jim Palmer .710 (.70968) Baltimore Orioles 2
Vida Blue .690 (.68966) Oakland Athletics 3
Lindy McDaniel .667 (.66667) New York Yankees 4
Paul Splittorff .645 (.64516) Kansas City Royals 5
Jim Colborn .625 (.62500) Milwaukee Brewers 6
Ken Holtzman .618 (.61765) Oakland Athletics 7
Doc Medich .609 (.60870) New York Yankees 8
Bill Lee .607 (.60714) Boston Red Sox 9
Luis Tiant .606 (.60606) Boston Red Sox 10
Joe Coleman .605 (.60526) Detroit Tigers 11
Doyle Alexander .600 (.60000) Baltimore Orioles 12
Bill Singer .588 (.58824) California Angels 13
Mike Cuellar .581 (.58065) Baltimore Orioles 14
Nolan Ryan .568 (.56757) California Angels 15
Wilbur Wood .545 (.54545) Chicago White Sox 16
Bert Blyleven .541 (.54054) Minnesota Twins 17
Jim Kaat .536 (.53571) Minnesota Twins 18
Chicago White Sox  
Tom Timmermann .529 (.52941) Detroit Tigers 19
Cleveland Indians  
Jim Perry .519 (.51852) Detroit Tigers 20
Steve Busby .516 (.51613) Kansas City Royals 21
Mickey Lolich .516 (.51613) Detroit Tigers  
Jerry Bell .500 (.50000) Milwaukee Brewers 23
John Curtis .500 (.50000) Boston Red Sox  
Joe Decker .500 (.50000) Minnesota Twins  



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.

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?

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).