Wins : 1916 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1916 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Walter Johnson 25 Washington Senators 1
Bob Shawkey 24 New York Yankees 2
Babe Ruth 23 Boston Red Sox 3
Harry Coveleski 21 Detroit Tigers 4
Hooks Dauss 19 Detroit Tigers 5
Dutch Leonard 18 Boston Red Sox 6
Carl Mays 18 Boston Red Sox  
Reb Russell 18 Chicago White Sox  
Red Faber 17 Chicago White Sox 9
Bert Gallia 17 Washington Senators  
Carl Weilman 17 St. Louis Browns  
Jim Bagby 16 Cleveland Indians 12
Eddie Plank 16 St. Louis Browns  
Ernie Shore 16 Boston Red Sox  
Joe Bush 15 Philadelphia Athletics 15
Eddie Cicotte 15 Chicago White Sox  
Stan Coveleski 15 Cleveland Indians  
Rube Foster 14 Boston Red Sox 18
Harry Harper 14 Washington Senators  
Elmer Myers 14 Philadelphia Athletics  
Nick Cullop 13 New York Yankees 21
Bob Groom 13 St. Louis Browns  
Lefty Williams 13 Chicago White Sox  
Dave Davenport 12 St. Louis Browns 24
Guy Morton 12 Cleveland Indians  



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?

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.