Winning Percentage : 1983 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1983 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Moose Haas .813 (.81250) Milwaukee Brewers 1
Richard Dotson .759 (.75862) Chicago White Sox 2
Scott McGregor .720 (.72000) Baltimore Orioles 3
La Marr Hoyt .706 (.70588) Chicago White Sox 4
Ron Guidry .700 (.70000) New York Yankees 5
Mike Boddicker .667 (.66667) Baltimore Orioles 6
Ken Schrom .652 (.65217) Minnesota Twins 7
Storm Davis .650 (.65000) Baltimore Orioles 8
Rick Honeycutt .636 (.63636) Texas Rangers 9
Dave Righetti .636 (.63636) New York Yankees  
Dan Petry .633 (.63333) Detroit Tigers 11
Bob Ojeda .632 (.63158) Boston Red Sox 12
Floyd Bannister .615 (.61538) Chicago White Sox 13
Jerry Koosman .611 (.61111) Chicago White Sox 14
Rick Sutcliffe .607 (.60714) Cleveland Indians 15
Jack Morris .606 (.60606) Detroit Tigers 16
Bud Black .588 (.58824) Kansas City Royals 17
Dave Stieb .586 (.58621) Toronto Blue Jays 18
Jim Clancy .577 (.57692) Toronto Blue Jays 19
Charlie Hough .536 (.53571) Texas Rangers 20
Milt Wilcox .524 (.52381) Detroit Tigers 21
Mike Caldwell .522 (.52174) Milwaukee Brewers 22
Lary Sorensen .522 (.52174) Cleveland Indians  
Luis Leal .520 (.52000) Toronto Blue Jays 24
John Tudor .520 (.52000) Boston Red Sox  



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.

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.