Wins : 1954 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)
 

1954 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bob Lemon 23 Cleveland Indians 1
Early Wynn 23 Cleveland Indians  
Bob Grim 20 New York Yankees 3
Mike Garcia 19 Cleveland Indians 4
Virgil Trucks 19 Chicago White Sox  
Steve Gromek 18 Detroit Tigers 6
Sandy Consuegra 16 Chicago White Sox 7
Whitey Ford 16 New York Yankees  
Bob Keegan 16 Chicago White Sox  
Art Houtteman 15 Cleveland Indians 10
Frank Sullivan 15 Boston Red Sox  
Ned Garver 14 Detroit Tigers 12
Jack Harshman 14 Chicago White Sox  
Bob Turley 14 Baltimore Orioles  
Joe Coleman 13 Baltimore Orioles 15
Bob Feller 13 Cleveland Indians  
Bob Porterfield 13 Washington Senators  
Allie Reynolds 13 New York Yankees  
Ed Lopat 12 New York Yankees 19
Dean Stone 12 Washington Senators  
Tom Morgan 11 New York Yankees 21
Willard Nixon 11 Boston Red Sox  
Johnny Schmitz 11 Washington Senators  
Chuck Stobbs 11 Washington Senators  
Tom Brewer 10 Boston Red Sox 25



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.