Wins : 1903 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1903 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Cy Young 28 Boston Americans 1
Eddie Plank 23 Philadelphia Athletics 2
Jack Chesbro 21 New York Highlanders 3
Bill Dinneen 21 Boston Americans  
Willie Sudhoff 21 St. Louis Browns  
Rube Waddell 21 Philadelphia Athletics  
Tom Hughes 20 Boston Americans 7
Earl Moore 19 Cleveland Blues 8
George Mullin 19 Detroit Tigers  
Addie Joss 18 Cleveland Blues 10
Chief Bender 17 Philadelphia Athletics 11
Bill Donovan 17 Detroit Tigers  
Doc White 17 Chicago White Stockings  
Red Donahue 15 St. Louis Browns 14
Cleveland Blues  
Frank Kitson 15 Detroit Tigers  
Roy Patterson 15 Chicago White Stockings  
Jack Powell 15 St. Louis Browns  
Jesse Tannehill 15 New York Highlanders  
Bill Bernhard 14 Cleveland Blues 19
Clark Griffith 14 New York Highlanders  
Norwood Gibson 13 Boston Americans 21
Ed Siever 13 St. Louis Browns  
Weldon Henley 12 Philadelphia Athletics 23
Patsy Flaherty 11 Chicago White Stockings 24
Case Patten 11 Washington Senators  



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.

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