1949 Wins Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Wins	Team	Rank
Mel Parnell	25	Boston Red Sox	1
Ellis Kinder	23	Boston Red Sox	2
Bob Lemon	22	Cleveland Indians	3
Vic Raschi	21	New York Yankees	4
Alex Kellner	20	Philadelphia Athletics	5
Virgil Trucks	19	Detroit Tigers	6
Hal Newhouser	18	Detroit Tigers	7
Allie Reynolds	17	New York Yankees	8
Lou Brissie	16	Philadelphia Athletics	9
Tommy Byrne	15	New York Yankees	10
Bob Feller	15	Cleveland Indians
Dick Fowler	15	Philadelphia Athletics
Art Houtteman	15	Detroit Tigers
Fred Hutchinson	15	Detroit Tigers
Ed Lopat	15	New York Yankees
Bill Wight	15	Chicago White Sox
Joe Dobson	14	Boston Red Sox	17
Mike Garcia	14	Cleveland Indians
Joe Coleman	13	Philadelphia Athletics	19
Randy Gumpert	13	Chicago White Sox
Joe Page	13	New York Yankees
Ray Scarborough	13	Washington Senators
Ned Garver	12	St. Louis Browns	23
Chuck Stobbs	11	Boston Red Sox	24
Early Wynn	11	Cleveland Indians
Name	Wins	Team	Rank

	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 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? 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.