Wins : 1981 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1981 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Dennis Martinez 14 Baltimore Orioles 1
Steve McCatty 14 Oakland Athletics  
Jack Morris 14 Detroit Tigers  
Pete Vuckovich 14 Milwaukee Brewers  
Dennis Leonard 13 Kansas City Royals 5
Scott McGregor 13 Baltimore Orioles  
Rick Langford 12 Oakland Athletics 7
Mike Norris 12 Oakland Athletics  
Milt Wilcox 12 Detroit Tigers  
Bert Blyleven 11 Cleveland Indians 10
Mike Caldwell 11 Milwaukee Brewers  
Ken Forsch 11 California Angels  
Ron Guidry 11 New York Yankees  
Larry Gura 11 Kansas City Royals  
Moose Haas 11 Milwaukee Brewers  
Rick Honeycutt 11 Texas Rangers  
Dave Stieb 11 Toronto Blue Jays  
Britt Burns 10 Chicago White Sox 18
John Denny 10 Cleveland Indians  
Matt Keough 10 Oakland Athletics  
Doc Medich 10 Texas Rangers  
Dan Petry 10 Detroit Tigers  
Bob Stanley 10 Boston Red Sox  
Mike Torrez 10 Boston Red Sox  
Geoff Zahn 10 California Angels  



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.

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.