Winning Percentage : 2000 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

2000 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Tim Hudson .769 (.76923) Oakland Athletics 1
Pedro Martinez .750 (.75000) Boston Red Sox 2
Dave Burba .727 (.72727) Cleveland Indians 3
David Wells .714 (.71429) Toronto Blue Jays 4
Jim Parque .684 (.68421) Chicago White Sox 5
Andy Pettitte .679 (.67857) New York Yankees 6
James Baldwin .667 (.66667) Chicago White Sox 7
Bartolo Colon .652 (.65217) Cleveland Indians 8
Aaron Sele .630 (.62963) Seattle Mariners 9
Roger Clemens .619 (.61905) New York Yankees 10
John Halama .609 (.60870) Seattle Mariners 11
Mike Sirotka .600 (.60000) Chicago White Sox 12
Chuck Finley .593 (.59259) Cleveland Indians 13
Kevin Appier .577 (.57692) Oakland Athletics 14
Gil Heredia .577 (.57692) Oakland Athletics  
Brian Moehler .571 (.57143) Detroit Tigers 16
Eric Milton .565 (.56522) Minnesota Twins 17
Paul Abbott .563 (.56250) Seattle Mariners 18
Rick Helling .552 (.55172) Texas Rangers 19
Jeff Suppan .526 (.52632) Kansas City Royals 20
Kenny Rogers .500 (.50000) Texas Rangers 21
Orlando Hernandez .480 (.48000) New York Yankees 22
Albie Lopez .458 (.45833) Tampa Bay Devil Rays 23
Chris Carpenter .455 (.45455) Toronto Blue Jays 24
Mac Suzuki .444 (.44444) 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).

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.