Wins : 1930 American League Top 25

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"The key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1930 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Lefty Grove 28 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Wes Ferrell 25 Cleveland Indians 2
George Earnshaw 22 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Ted Lyons 22 Chicago White Sox  
Lefty Stewart 20 St. Louis Browns 5
Alvin Crowder 18 St. Louis Browns 6
Washington Senators  
Earl Whitehill 17 Detroit Tigers 7
Lloyd Brown 16 Washington Senators 8
Vic Sorrell 16 Detroit Tigers  
Bump Hadley 15 Washington Senators 10
Sam Jones 15 Washington Senators  
Firpo Marberry 15 Washington Senators  
George Pipgras 15 New York Yankees  
Red Ruffing 15 Boston Red Sox  
New York Yankees  
Hank Johnson 14 New York Yankees 15
Milt Gaston 13 Boston Red Sox 16
Willis Hudlin 13 Cleveland Indians  
Rube Walberg 13 Philadelphia Athletics  
Roy Sherid 12 New York Yankees 19
Bill Shores 12 Philadelphia Athletics  
George Uhle 12 Detroit Tigers  
Ed Wells 12 New York Yankees  
George Blaeholder 11 St. Louis Browns 23
Clint Brown 11 Cleveland Indians  
Mel Harder 11 Cleveland Indians  



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).

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

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.