Wins : 1931 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1931 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Lefty Grove 31 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Wes Ferrell 22 Cleveland Indians 2
George Earnshaw 21 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Lefty Gomez 21 New York Yankees  
Rube Walberg 20 Philadelphia Athletics 5
Alvin Crowder 18 Washington Senators 6
Danny MacFayden 16 Boston Red Sox 7
Firpo Marberry 16 Washington Senators  
Red Ruffing 16 New York Yankees  
Lloyd Brown 15 Washington Senators 10
Willis Hudlin 15 Cleveland Indians  
Roy Mahaffey 15 Philadelphia Athletics  
Lefty Stewart 14 St. Louis Browns 13
Carl Fischer 13 Washington Senators 14
Vic Frazier 13 Chicago White Sox  
Mel Harder 13 Cleveland Indians  
Waite Hoyt 13 Detroit Tigers  
Philadelphia Athletics  
Hank Johnson 13 New York Yankees  
Vic Sorrell 13 Detroit Tigers  
Earl Whitehill 13 Detroit Tigers  
George Blaeholder 11 St. Louis Browns 21
Clint Brown 11 Cleveland Indians  
Sam Gray 11 St. Louis Browns  
Bump Hadley 11 Washington Senators  
Wilcy Moore 11 Boston Red Sox  



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 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).