Winning Percentage : 1996 American League Top 25

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1996 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jamie Moyer .813 (.81250) Boston Red Sox 1
Seattle Mariners  
Charles Nagy .773 (.77273) Cleveland Indians 2
Andy Pettitte .724 (.72414) New York Yankees 3
Darren Oliver .700 (.70000) Texas Rangers 4
Pat Hentgen .667 (.66667) Toronto Blue Jays 5
Roger Pavlik .652 (.65217) Texas Rangers 6
James Baldwin .647 (.64706) Chicago White Sox 7
Mike Mussina .633 (.63333) Baltimore Orioles 8
Orel Hershiser .625 (.62500) Cleveland Indians 9
Alex Fernandez .615 (.61538) Chicago White Sox 10
Ken Hill .615 (.61538) Texas Rangers  
Dwight Gooden .611 (.61111) New York Yankees 12
Wilson Alvarez .600 (.60000) Chicago White Sox 13
Kenny Rogers .600 (.60000) New York Yankees  
Sterling Hitchcock .591 (.59091) Seattle Mariners 15
Scott Karl .591 (.59091) Milwaukee Brewers  
Jack McDowell .591 (.59091) Cleveland Indians  
Juan Guzman .579 (.57895) Toronto Blue Jays 18
Tim Belcher .577 (.57692) Kansas City Royals 19
Tom Gordon .571 (.57143) Boston Red Sox 20
Bobby Witt .571 (.57143) Texas Rangers  
Kevin Tapani .565 (.56522) Chicago White Sox 22
Kevin Appier .560 (.56000) Kansas City Royals 23
Ben McDonald .545 (.54545) Milwaukee Brewers 24
Shawn Boskie .522 (.52174) California Angels 25



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.

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.