Wins : 1948 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1948 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Hal Newhouser 21 Detroit Tigers 1
Gene Bearden 20 Cleveland Indians 2
Bob Lemon 20 Cleveland Indians  
Bob Feller 19 Cleveland Indians 4
Vic Raschi 19 New York Yankees  
Jack Kramer 18 Boston Red Sox 6
Ed Lopat 17 New York Yankees 7
Joe Dobson 16 Boston Red Sox 8
Allie Reynolds 16 New York Yankees  
Dick Fowler 15 Philadelphia Athletics 10
Mel Parnell 15 Boston Red Sox  
Ray Scarborough 15 Washington Senators  
Lou Brissie 14 Philadelphia Athletics 13
Joe Coleman 14 Philadelphia Athletics  
Carl Scheib 14 Philadelphia Athletics  
Virgil Trucks 14 Detroit Tigers  
Fred Hutchinson 13 Detroit Tigers 17
Fred Sanford 12 St. Louis Browns 18
Sam Zoldak 11 St. Louis Browns 19
Cleveland Indians  
Cliff Fannin 10 St. Louis Browns 20
Earl Johnson 10 Boston Red Sox  
Ellis Kinder 10 Boston Red Sox  
Dizzy Trout 10 Detroit Tigers  
Steve Gromek 9 Cleveland Indians 24
Joe Haynes 9 Chicago White Sox  



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.

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

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.