Winning Percentage : 2007 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

2007 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Justin Verlander .750 (.75000) Detroit Tigers 1
Josh Beckett .741 (.74074) Boston Red Sox 2
C.C. Sabathia .731 (.73077) Cleveland Indians 3
Chien-Ming Wang .731 (.73077) New York Yankees  
Erik Bedard .722 (.72222) Baltimore Orioles 5
Kelvim Escobar .720 (.72000) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 6
Fausto Carmona .704 (.70370) Cleveland Indians 7
Roy Halladay .696 (.69565) Toronto Blue Jays 8
John Lackey .679 (.67857) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 9
Felix Hernandez .667 (.66667) Seattle Mariners 10
Paul Byrd .652 (.65217) Cleveland Indians 11
Javier Vazquez .652 (.65217) Chicago White Sox  
Jered Weaver .650 (.65000) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 13
Dan Haren .625 (.62500) Oakland Athletics 14
Andy Pettitte .625 (.62500) New York Yankees  
James Shields .600 (.60000) Tampa Bay Devil Rays 16
Miguel Batista .593 (.59259) Seattle Mariners 17
Scott Kazmir .591 (.59091) Tampa Bay Devil Rays 18
Tim Wakefield .586 (.58621) Boston Red Sox 19
Joe Blanton .583 (.58333) Oakland Athletics 20
Jeremy Guthrie .583 (.58333) Baltimore Orioles  
Brian Bannister .571 (.57143) Kansas City Royals 22
A.J. Burnett .556 (.55556) Toronto Blue Jays 23
Daisuke Matsuzaka .556 (.55556) Boston Red Sox  
Jeremy Bonderman .550 (.55000) Detroit Tigers 25



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?

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.

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