Wins : 1935 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)
 

1935 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Wes Ferrell 25 Boston Red Sox 1
Mel Harder 22 Cleveland Indians 2
Tommy Bridges 21 Detroit Tigers 3
Lefty Grove 20 Boston Red Sox 4
Schoolboy Rowe 19 Detroit Tigers 5
Elden Auker 18 Detroit Tigers 6
Johnny Marcum 17 Philadelphia Athletics 7
Alvin Crowder 16 Detroit Tigers 8
Red Ruffing 16 New York Yankees  
Johnny Broaca 15 New York Yankees 10
Willis Hudlin 15 Cleveland Indians  
Ted Lyons 15 Chicago White Sox  
Earl Whitehill 14 Washington Senators 13
Johnny Allen 13 New York Yankees 14
Ivy Andrews 13 St. Louis Browns  
John Whitehead 13 Chicago White Sox  
Lefty Gomez 12 New York Yankees 17
Vern Kennedy 11 Chicago White Sox 18
Jack Knott 11 St. Louis Browns  
Ed Linke 11 Washington Senators  
Bobo Newsom 11 St. Louis Browns  
Washington Senators  
Bump Hadley 10 Washington Senators 22
Johnny Murphy 10 New York Yankees  
Vito Tamulis 10 New York Yankees  
Johnny Welch 10 Boston Red Sox  



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?

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.

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.