Wins : 1955 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
 

1955 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Whitey Ford 18 New York Yankees 1
Bob Lemon 18 Cleveland Indians  
Frank Sullivan 18 Boston Red Sox  
Bob Turley 17 New York Yankees 4
Early Wynn 17 Cleveland Indians  
Tommy Byrne 16 New York Yankees 6
Billy Hoeft 16 Detroit Tigers  
Herb Score 16 Cleveland Indians  
Dick Donovan 15 Chicago White Sox 9
Billy Pierce 15 Chicago White Sox  
Frank Lary 14 Detroit Tigers 11
Steve Gromek 13 Detroit Tigers 12
Virgil Trucks 13 Chicago White Sox  
Art Ditmar 12 Kansas City Athletics 14
Ned Garver 12 Detroit Tigers  
Willard Nixon 12 Boston Red Sox  
Jim Wilson 12 Baltimore Orioles  
Tom Brewer 11 Boston Red Sox 18
Mike Garcia 11 Cleveland Indians  
Jack Harshman 11 Chicago White Sox  
Alex Kellner 11 Kansas City Athletics  
Art Houtteman 10 Cleveland Indians 22
Mickey McDermott 10 Washington Senators  
Ray Moore 10 Baltimore Orioles  
Bob Porterfield 10 Washington Senators  



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.

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.