Wins : 1902 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)
 

1902 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Cy Young 32 Boston Americans 1
Rube Waddell 24 Philadelphia Athletics 2
Red Donahue 22 St. Louis Browns 3
Jack Powell 22 St. Louis Browns  
Bill Dinneen 21 Boston Americans 5
Eddie Plank 20 Philadelphia Athletics 6
Al Orth 19 Washington Senators 7
Roy Patterson 19 Chicago White Stockings  
Bill Bernhard 18 Philadelphia Athletics 9
Cleveland Blues  
Addie Joss 17 Cleveland Blues 10
Earl Moore 17 Cleveland Blues  
Case Patten 17 Washington Senators  
Nixey Callahan 16 Chicago White Stockings 13
Clark Griffith 15 Chicago White Stockings 14
Jack Harper 15 St. Louis Browns  
Win Mercer 15 Detroit Tigers  
Snake Wiltse 15 Philadelphia Athletics  
Baltimore Orioles  
Bert Husting 14 Boston Americans 18
Philadelphia Athletics  
Joe McGinnity 13 Baltimore Orioles 19
George Mullin 13 Detroit Tigers  
Wiley Piatt 12 Chicago White Stockings 21
Willie Sudhoff 12 St. Louis Browns  
Bill Carrick 11 Washington Senators 23
George Winter 11 Boston Americans  
Ned Garvin 10 Chicago White Stockings 25



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.

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.