Winning Percentage : 1986 American League Top 25

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1986 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League
Roger Clemens .857 (.85714) Boston Red Sox 1
Dennis Rasmussen .750 (.75000) New York Yankees 2
Jack Morris .724 (.72414) Detroit Tigers 3
Mark Gubicza .667 (.66667) Kansas City Royals 4
Ken Schrom .667 (.66667) Cleveland Indians  
Teddy Higuera .645 (.64516) Milwaukee Brewers 6
Mike Witt .643 (.64286) California Angels 7
Charlie Hough .630 (.62963) Texas Rangers 8
Kirk McCaskill .630 (.62963) California Angels  
Bruce Hurst .619 (.61905) Boston Red Sox 10
Oil Can Boyd .615 (.61538) Boston Red Sox 11
Curt Young .591 (.59091) Oakland Athletics 12
Don Sutton .577 (.57692) California Angels 13
Tom Candiotti .571 (.57143) Cleveland Indians 14
Frank Tanana .571 (.57143) Detroit Tigers  
Jimmy Key .560 (.56000) Toronto Blue Jays 16
Charlie Leibrandt .560 (.56000) Kansas City Royals  
Walt Terrell .556 (.55556) Detroit Tigers 18
Frank Viola .552 (.55172) Minnesota Twins 19
Bert Blyleven .548 (.54839) Minnesota Twins 20
Mike Boddicker .538 (.53846) Baltimore Orioles 21
Jim Clancy .500 (.50000) Toronto Blue Jays 22
Joe Cowley .500 (.50000) Chicago White Sox  
Tim Leary .500 (.50000) Milwaukee Brewers  
Phil Niekro .500 (.50000) Cleveland Indians  



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.

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.

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