Winning Percentage : 1976 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1976 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bill Campbell .773 (.77273) Minnesota Twins 1
Wayne Garland .741 (.74074) Baltimore Orioles 2
Dock Ellis .680 (.68000) New York Yankees 3
Mark Fidrych .679 (.67857) Detroit Tigers 4
Ed Figueroa .655 (.65517) New York Yankees 5
Frank Tanana .655 (.65517) California Angels  
Jim Bibby .650 (.65000) Cleveland Indians 7
Paul Hartzell .636 (.63636) California Angels 8
Luis Tiant .636 (.63636) Boston Red Sox  
Dennis Leonard .630 (.62963) Kansas City Royals 10
Jim Palmer .629 (.62857) Baltimore Orioles 11
Rudy May .600 (.60000) New York Yankees 12
Baltimore Orioles  
Doyle Alexander .591 (.59091) Baltimore Orioles 13
New York Yankees  
Vida Blue .581 (.58065) Oakland Athletics 14
Al Fitzmorris .577 (.57692) Kansas City Royals 15
Pat Dobson .571 (.57143) Cleveland Indians 16
Mike Torrez .571 (.57143) Oakland Athletics  
Bill Singer .565 (.56522) Texas Rangers 18
Minnesota Twins  
Ken Holtzman .560 (.56000) Baltimore Orioles 19
New York Yankees  
Rick Wise .560 (.56000) Boston Red Sox  
Nelson Briles .550 (.55000) Texas Rangers 21
Doug Bird .545 (.54545) Kansas City Royals 22
Catfish Hunter .531 (.53125) New York Yankees 23
Reggie Cleveland .526 (.52632) Boston Red Sox 24
Fergie Jenkins .522 (.52174) Boston Red Sox 25



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.

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.