1961 Wins Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Wins	Team	Rank
Whitey Ford	25	New York Yankees	1
Frank Lary	23	Detroit Tigers	2
Steve Barber	18	Baltimore Orioles	3
Jim Bunning	17	Detroit Tigers	4
Ralph Terry	16	New York Yankees	5
Luis Arroyo	15	New York Yankees	6
Chuck Estrada	15	Baltimore Orioles
Mudcat Grant	15	Cleveland Indians
Don Mossi	15	Detroit Tigers
Camilo Pascual	15	Minnesota Twins
Don Schwall	15	Boston Red Sox
Bill Monbouquette	14	Boston Red Sox	12
Juan Pizarro	14	Chicago White Sox
Bill Stafford	14	New York Yankees
Jack Kralick	13	Minnesota Twins	15
Barry Latman	13	Cleveland Indians
Milt Pappas	13	Baltimore Orioles
Gary Bell	12	Cleveland Indians	18
Bud Daley	12	Kansas City Athletics
		New York Yankees
Bennie Daniels	12	Washington Senators
Ray Herbert	12	Kansas City Athletics
		Chicago White Sox
Ken McBride	12	Los Angeles Angels
Bob Shaw	12	Chicago White Sox
		Kansas City Athletics
Norm Bass	11	Kansas City Athletics	24
Ted Bowsfield	11	Los Angeles Angels
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). 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. 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.