Wins : 1968 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)
 

1968 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Denny McLain 31 Detroit Tigers 1
Dave McNally 22 Baltimore Orioles 2
Mel Stottlemyre 21 New York Yankees 3
Luis Tiant 21 Cleveland Indians  
Jim Hardin 18 Baltimore Orioles 5
Stan Bahnsen 17 New York Yankees 6
Mickey Lolich 17 Detroit Tigers  
Dean Chance 16 Minnesota Twins 8
Ray Culp 16 Boston Red Sox  
Dick Ellsworth 16 Boston Red Sox  
Blue Moon Odom 16 Oakland Athletics  
Sam McDowell 15 Cleveland Indians 12
Tom Phoebus 15 Baltimore Orioles  
Jim Kaat 14 Minnesota Twins 14
George Brunet 13 California Angels 15
Catfish Hunter 13 Oakland Athletics  
Jim Nash 13 Oakland Athletics  
Camilo Pascual 13 Washington Senators  
Stan Williams 13 Cleveland Indians  
Earl Wilson 13 Detroit Tigers  
Wilbur Wood 13 Chicago White Sox  
Joe Coleman 12 Washington Senators 22
Chuck Dobson 12 Oakland Athletics  
Joe Horlen 12 Chicago White Sox  
Jim Merritt 12 Minnesota Twins  



The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.

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.