Winning Percentage : 1984 American League Top 25

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"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1984 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Doyle Alexander .739 (.73913) Toronto Blue Jays 1
Bert Blyleven .731 (.73077) Cleveland Indians 2
Dan Petry .692 (.69231) Detroit Tigers 3
Milt Wilcox .680 (.68000) Detroit Tigers 4
Phil Niekro .667 (.66667) New York Yankees 5
Dave Stieb .667 (.66667) Toronto Blue Jays  
Al Nipper .647 (.64706) Boston Red Sox 7
Mike Boddicker .645 (.64516) Baltimore Orioles 8
Jack Morris .633 (.63333) Detroit Tigers 9
Mark Langston .630 (.62963) Seattle Mariners 10
Luis Leal .619 (.61905) Toronto Blue Jays 11
Storm Davis .609 (.60870) Baltimore Orioles 12
Frank Viola .600 (.60000) Minnesota Twins 13
Bud Black .586 (.58621) Kansas City Royals 14
Tom Seaver .577 (.57692) Chicago White Sox 15
Mike Witt .577 (.57692) California Angels  
Larry Gura .571 (.57143) Kansas City Royals 17
Ray Burris .565 (.56522) Oakland Athletics 18
Geoff Zahn .565 (.56522) California Angels  
Floyd Bannister .560 (.56000) Chicago White Sox 20
Scott McGregor .556 (.55556) Baltimore Orioles 21
John Butcher .542 (.54167) Minnesota Twins 22
Don Sutton .538 (.53846) Milwaukee Brewers 23
Mike Smithson .536 (.53571) Minnesota Twins 24
Charlie Hough .533 (.53333) Texas Rangers 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?

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.

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.