Winning Percentage : 1985 American League Top 25

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1985 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ron Guidry .786 (.78571) New York Yankees 1
Bret Saberhagen .769 (.76923) Kansas City Royals 2
Jimmy Key .700 (.70000) Toronto Blue Jays 3
Ken Dixon .667 (.66667) Baltimore Orioles 4
Charlie Leibrandt .654 (.65385) Kansas City Royals 5
Teddy Higuera .652 (.65217) Milwaukee Brewers 6
Doyle Alexander .630 (.62963) Toronto Blue Jays 7
Mike Moore .630 (.62963) Seattle Mariners  
Mike Witt .625 (.62500) California Angels 9
Britt Burns .621 (.62069) Chicago White Sox 10
Ron Romanick .609 (.60870) California Angels 11
Don Sutton .600 (.60000) Oakland Athletics 12
California Angels  
Walt Terrell .600 (.60000) Detroit Tigers  
Jack Morris .593 (.59259) Detroit Tigers 14
Tom Seaver .593 (.59259) Chicago White Sox  
Mark Gubicza .583 (.58333) Kansas City Royals 16
Phil Niekro .571 (.57143) New York Yankees 17
Frank Viola .563 (.56250) Minnesota Twins 18
Storm Davis .556 (.55556) Baltimore Orioles 19
Dennis Martinez .542 (.54167) Baltimore Orioles 20
Danny Jackson .538 (.53846) Kansas City Royals 21
Oil Can Boyd .536 (.53571) Boston Red Sox 22
Dan Petry .536 (.53571) Detroit Tigers  
Dave Stieb .519 (.51852) Toronto Blue Jays 24
Mike Smithson .517 (.51724) Minnesota Twins 25



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).

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.