Winning Percentage : 1988 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:

"The key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1988 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Frank Viola .774 (.77419) Minnesota Twins 1
Bruce Hurst .750 (.75000) Boston Red Sox 2
Mark Gubicza .714 (.71429) Kansas City Royals 3
Storm Davis .696 (.69565) Oakland Athletics 4
Jeff Robinson .684 (.68421) Detroit Tigers 5
Dave Stieb .667 (.66667) Toronto Blue Jays 6
Bob Welch .654 (.65385) Oakland Athletics 7
Allan Anderson .640 (.64000) Minnesota Twins 8
Teddy Higuera .640 (.64000) Milwaukee Brewers  
Tom Candiotti .636 (.63636) Cleveland Indians 10
Dave Stewart .636 (.63636) Oakland Athletics  
Roger Clemens .600 (.60000) Boston Red Sox 12
Jerry Reuss .591 (.59091) Chicago White Sox 13
John Farrell .583 (.58333) Cleveland Indians 14
Mark Langston .577 (.57692) Seattle Mariners 15
Richard Dotson .571 (.57143) New York Yankees 16
Greg Swindell .563 (.56250) Cleveland Indians 17
Doyle Alexander .560 (.56000) Detroit Tigers 18
Frank Tanana .560 (.56000) Detroit Tigers  
Melido Perez .545 (.54545) Chicago White Sox 20
Jack Morris .536 (.53571) Detroit Tigers 21
Tommy John .529 (.52941) New York Yankees 22
Jeff Russell .526 (.52632) Texas Rangers 23
Charlie Leibrandt .520 (.52000) Kansas City Royals 24
Mike Flanagan .500 (.50000) Toronto Blue Jays 25



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.

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.