Winning Percentage : 2006 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

2006 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Roy Halladay .762 (.76190) Toronto Blue Jays 1
Johan Santana .760 (.76000) Minnesota Twins 2
Chien-Ming Wang .760 (.76000) New York Yankees  
Jon Garland .720 (.72000) Chicago White Sox 4
Mike Mussina .682 (.68182) New York Yankees 5
Curt Schilling .682 (.68182) Boston Red Sox  
Kenny Rogers .680 (.68000) Detroit Tigers 7
Ervin Santana .667 (.66667) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 8
Freddy Garcia .654 (.65385) Chicago White Sox 9
Justin Verlander .654 (.65385) Detroit Tigers  
Jeremy Bonderman .636 (.63636) Detroit Tigers 11
Barry Zito .615 (.61538) Oakland Athletics 12
Randy Johnson .607 (.60714) New York Yankees 13
Vicente Padilla .600 (.60000) Texas Rangers 14
Jake Westbrook .600 (.60000) Cleveland Indians  
Josh Beckett .593 (.59259) Boston Red Sox 16
Jose Contreras .591 (.59091) Chicago White Sox 17
Gil Meche .579 (.57895) Seattle Mariners 18
Erik Bedard .577 (.57692) Baltimore Orioles 19
Joe Blanton .571 (.57143) Oakland Athletics 20
Kevin Millwood .571 (.57143) Texas Rangers  
Brad Radke .571 (.57143) Minnesota Twins  
Cliff Lee .560 (.56000) Cleveland Indians 23
John Lackey .542 (.54167) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 24
Ted Lilly .536 (.53571) Toronto Blue Jays 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).

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.

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?