Wins : 1966 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1966 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jim Kaat 25 Minnesota Twins 1
Denny McLain 20 Detroit Tigers 2
Earl Wilson 18 Boston Red Sox 3
Detroit Tigers  
Sonny Siebert 16 Cleveland Indians 4
Jim Palmer 15 Baltimore Orioles 5
Gary Bell 14 Cleveland Indians 6
Tommy John 14 Chicago White Sox  
Lew Krausse 14 Kansas City Athletics  
Mickey Lolich 14 Detroit Tigers  
Pete Richert 14 Washington Senators  
George Brunet 13 California Angels 11
Mudcat Grant 13 Minnesota Twins  
Steve Hargan 13 Cleveland Indians  
Dave McNally 13 Baltimore Orioles  
Jack Sanford 13 California Angels  
Dave Boswell 12 Minnesota Twins 16
Dean Chance 12 California Angels  
Jim Nash 12 Kansas City Athletics  
Phil Ortega 12 Washington Senators  
Gary Peters 12 Chicago White Sox  
Fritz Peterson 12 New York Yankees  
Jose Santiago 12 Boston Red Sox  
Mel Stottlemyre 12 New York Yankees  
Luis Tiant 12 Cleveland Indians  
Mike McCormick 11 Washington Senators 25



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.

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.