Winning Percentage : 1982 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1982 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jim Palmer .750 (.75000) Baltimore Orioles 1
Pete Vuckovich .750 (.75000) Milwaukee Brewers  
Britt Burns .722 (.72222) Chicago White Sox 3
Geoff Zahn .692 (.69231) California Angels 4
Ron Guidry .636 (.63636) New York Yankees 5
Rick Sutcliffe .636 (.63636) Cleveland Indians  
Bob McClure .632 (.63158) Milwaukee Brewers 7
Bob Stanley .632 (.63158) Boston Red Sox  
Dan Petry .625 (.62500) Detroit Tigers 9
Jerry Koosman .611 (.61111) Chicago White Sox 10
Larry Gura .600 (.60000) Kansas City Royals 11
Moose Haas .579 (.57895) Milwaukee Brewers 12
Dennis Lamp .579 (.57895) Chicago White Sox  
Len Barker .577 (.57692) Cleveland Indians 14
Mike Flanagan .577 (.57692) Baltimore Orioles  
Dennis Martinez .571 (.57143) Baltimore Orioles 16
Mike Witt .571 (.57143) California Angels  
Mike Caldwell .567 (.56667) Milwaukee Brewers 18
John Tudor .565 (.56522) Boston Red Sox 19
La Marr Hoyt .559 (.55882) Chicago White Sox 20
Charlie Hough .552 (.55172) Texas Rangers 21
Dave Stieb .548 (.54839) Toronto Blue Jays 22
Milt Wilcox .545 (.54545) Detroit Tigers 23
Bobby Castillo .542 (.54167) Minnesota Twins 24
Ken Forsch .542 (.54167) California Angels  



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.

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).