Wins : 1918 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)
 

1918 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Walter Johnson 23 Washington Senators 1
Stan Coveleski 22 Cleveland Indians 2
Carl Mays 21 Boston Red Sox 3
Scott Perry 20 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Jim Bagby 17 Cleveland Indians 5
Sam Jones 16 Boston Red Sox 6
George Mogridge 16 New York Yankees  
Jim Shaw 16 Washington Senators  
Joe Bush 15 Boston Red Sox 9
Bernie Boland 14 Detroit Tigers 10
Guy Morton 14 Cleveland Indians  
Fritz Coumbe 13 Cleveland Indians 12
Slim Love 13 New York Yankees  
Babe Ruth 13 Boston Red Sox  
Eddie Cicotte 12 Chicago White Sox 15
Hooks Dauss 12 Detroit Tigers  
Allen Sothoron 12 St. Louis Browns  
Harry Harper 11 Washington Senators 18
Doc Ayers 10 Washington Senators 19
Dave Davenport 10 St. Louis Browns  
Ray Caldwell 9 New York Yankees 21
Vean Gregg 9 Philadelphia Athletics  
Frank Shellenback 9 Chicago White Sox  
Joe Benz 8 Chicago White Sox 24
Bert Gallia 8 St. Louis Browns  



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.

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.