Wins : 1926 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1926 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

George Uhle 27 Cleveland Indians 1
Herb Pennock 23 New York Yankees 2
Urban Shocker 19 New York Yankees 3
Ted Lyons 18 Chicago White Sox 4
Waite Hoyt 16 New York Yankees 5
Dutch Levsen 16 Cleveland Indians  
Earl Whitehill 16 Detroit Tigers  
Howard Ehmke 15 Boston Red Sox 8
Philadelphia Athletics  
Red Faber 15 Chicago White Sox  
Walter Johnson 15 Washington Senators  
Tommy Thomas 15 Chicago White Sox  
Stan Coveleski 14 Washington Senators 12
Dutch Ruether 14 Washington Senators  
New York Yankees  
Joe Shaute 14 Cleveland Indians  
Tom Zachary 14 St. Louis Browns  
Ted Blankenship 13 Chicago White Sox 16
Lefty Grove 13 Philadelphia Athletics  
Hooks Dauss 12 Detroit Tigers 18
Sam Gibson 12 Detroit Tigers  
Firpo Marberry 12 Washington Senators  
Rube Walberg 12 Philadelphia Athletics  
Ed Wells 12 Detroit Tigers  
Win Ballou 11 St. Louis Browns 23
Sam Gray 11 Philadelphia Athletics  
Eddie Rommel 11 Philadelphia Athletics  



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.

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.