Winning Percentage : 1995 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1995 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Randy Johnson .900 (.90000) Seattle Mariners 1
Erik Hanson .750 (.75000) Boston Red Sox 2
Orel Hershiser .727 (.72727) Cleveland Indians 3
Charles Nagy .727 (.72727) Cleveland Indians  
Kenny Rogers .708 (.70833) Texas Rangers 5
Dennis Martinez .706 (.70588) Cleveland Indians 6
David Cone .692 (.69231) Toronto Blue Jays 7
New York Yankees  
Mark Langston .682 (.68182) California Angels 8
Mike Mussina .679 (.67857) Baltimore Orioles 9
Todd Stottlemyre .667 (.66667) Oakland Athletics 10
Tim Wakefield .667 (.66667) Boston Red Sox  
Kevin Appier .600 (.60000) Kansas City Royals 12
Alex Fernandez .600 (.60000) Chicago White Sox  
Jack McDowell .600 (.60000) New York Yankees  
Jim Abbott .579 (.57895) Chicago White Sox 15
California Angels  
Andy Pettitte .571 (.57143) New York Yankees 16
Scott Erickson .565 (.56522) Minnesota Twins 17
Baltimore Orioles  
Chris Bosio .556 (.55556) Seattle Mariners 18
Chuck Finley .556 (.55556) California Angels  
Kevin Brown .526 (.52632) Baltimore Orioles 20
Sterling Hitchcock .524 (.52381) New York Yankees 21
Tom Gordon .500 (.50000) Kansas City Royals 22
Al Leiter .500 (.50000) Toronto Blue Jays  
Roger Pavlik .500 (.50000) Texas Rangers  
Mark Gubicza .462 (.46154) Kansas City Royals 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).

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.