Wins : 1927 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)
 

1927 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Waite Hoyt 22 New York Yankees 1
Ted Lyons 22 Chicago White Sox  
Lefty Grove 20 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Wilcy Moore 19 New York Yankees 4
Herb Pennock 19 New York Yankees  
Tommy Thomas 19 Chicago White Sox  
Willis Hudlin 18 Cleveland Indians 7
Hod Lisenbee 18 Washington Senators  
Urban Shocker 18 New York Yankees  
Rube Walberg 16 Philadelphia Athletics 10
Earl Whitehill 16 Detroit Tigers  
Jack Quinn 15 Philadelphia Athletics 12
Bump Hadley 14 Washington Senators 13
Slim Harriss 14 Boston Red Sox  
Rip Collins 13 Detroit Tigers 15
Milt Gaston 13 St. Louis Browns  
Dutch Ruether 13 New York Yankees  
Sloppy Thurston 13 Washington Senators  
Ted Blankenship 12 Chicago White Sox 19
Howard Ehmke 12 Philadelphia Athletics  
Sam Gibson 11 Detroit Tigers 21
Ken Holloway 11 Detroit Tigers  
Eddie Rommel 11 Philadelphia Athletics  
Garland Braxton 10 Washington Senators 24
Garland Buckeye 10 Cleveland Indians  



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.

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.