Winning Percentage : 2003 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

2003 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Pedro Martinez .778 (.77778) Boston Red Sox 1
Roy Halladay .759 (.75862) Toronto Blue Jays 2
Jamie Moyer .750 (.75000) Seattle Mariners 3
Andy Pettitte .724 (.72414) New York Yankees 4
Derek Lowe .708 (.70833) Boston Red Sox 5
Esteban Loaiza .700 (.70000) Chicago White Sox 6
Tim Hudson .696 (.69565) Oakland Athletics 7
David Wells .682 (.68182) New York Yankees 8
Mike Mussina .680 (.68000) New York Yankees 9
Roger Clemens .654 (.65385) New York Yankees 10
Mark Mulder .625 (.62500) Oakland Athletics 11
Kenny Rogers .619 (.61905) Minnesota Twins 12
Tim Wakefield .611 (.61111) Boston Red Sox 13
Joel Pineiro .593 (.59259) Seattle Mariners 14
Kelvim Escobar .591 (.59091) Toronto Blue Jays 15
C.C. Sabathia .591 (.59091) Cleveland Indians  
Brad Radke .583 (.58333) Minnesota Twins 17
John Burkett .571 (.57143) Boston Red Sox 18
Brian Anderson .560 (.56000) Cleveland Indians 19
Kansas City Royals  
Kyle Lohse .560 (.56000) Minnesota Twins  
Darrell May .556 (.55556) Kansas City Royals 21
Ramon Ortiz .552 (.55172) Anaheim Angels 22
Ted Lilly .545 (.54545) Oakland Athletics 23
Victor Zambrano .545 (.54545) Tampa Bay Devil Rays  
Barry Zito .538 (.53846) Oakland Athletics 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.

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