Top 25 Wins in 1963 in the American League

Wins : 1963 American League Top 25

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"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)

1963 Wins Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Wins Team Rank

Whitey Ford 24 New York Yankees 1

Jim Bouton 21 New York Yankees 2

Camilo Pascual 21 Minnesota Twins

Steve Barber 20 Baltimore Orioles 4

Bill Monbouquette 20 Boston Red Sox

Gary Peters 19 Chicago White Sox 6

Ralph Terry 17 New York Yankees 7

Milt Pappas 16 Baltimore Orioles 8

Juan Pizarro 16 Chicago White Sox

Dick Radatz 15 Boston Red Sox 10

Phil Regan 15 Detroit Tigers

Dick Stigman 15 Minnesota Twins

Hank Aguirre 14 Detroit Tigers 13

Jack Kralick 14 Minnesota Twins

Cleveland Indians

Robin Roberts 14 Baltimore Orioles

Dean Chance 13 Los Angeles Angels 16

Al Downing 13 New York Yankees

Mudcat Grant 13 Cleveland Indians

Ray Herbert 13 Chicago White Sox

Ken McBride 13 Los Angeles Angels

Jim Bunning 12 Detroit Tigers 21

Orlando Pena 12 Kansas City Athletics

Lee Stange 12 Minnesota Twins

Dave Wickersham 12 Kansas City Athletics

Dick Donovan 11 Cleveland Indians 25

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?

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.

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