Wins : 1934 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1934 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Lefty Gomez 26 New York Yankees 1
Schoolboy Rowe 24 Detroit Tigers 2
Tommy Bridges 22 Detroit Tigers 3
Mel Harder 20 Cleveland Indians 4
Red Ruffing 19 New York Yankees 5
Monte Pearson 18 Cleveland Indians 6
Bobo Newsom 16 St. Louis Browns 7
Elden Auker 15 Detroit Tigers 8
Willis Hudlin 15 Cleveland Indians  
Firpo Marberry 15 Detroit Tigers  
George Blaeholder 14 St. Louis Browns 11
George Earnshaw 14 Chicago White Sox  
Wes Ferrell 14 Boston Red Sox  
Johnny Marcum 14 Philadelphia Athletics  
Johnny Murphy 14 New York Yankees  
Earl Whitehill 14 Washington Senators  
Johnny Welch 13 Boston Red Sox 17
Johnny Broaca 12 New York Yankees 18
Joe Cascarella 12 Philadelphia Athletics  
Gordon Rhodes 12 Boston Red Sox  
Bill Dietrich 11 Philadelphia Athletics 21
Oral Hildebrand 11 Cleveland Indians  
Ted Lyons 11 Chicago White Sox  
Monte Weaver 11 Washington Senators  
Bump Hadley 10 St. Louis Browns 25



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.

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.