Wins : 1985 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)
 

1985 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ron Guidry 22 New York Yankees 1
Bret Saberhagen 20 Kansas City Royals 2
Britt Burns 18 Chicago White Sox 3
Frank Viola 18 Minnesota Twins  
Doyle Alexander 17 Toronto Blue Jays 5
Bert Blyleven 17 Cleveland Indians  
Minnesota Twins  
Charlie Leibrandt 17 Kansas City Royals  
Mike Moore 17 Seattle Mariners  
Jack Morris 16 Detroit Tigers 9
Phil Niekro 16 New York Yankees  
Tom Seaver 16 Chicago White Sox  
Oil Can Boyd 15 Boston Red Sox 12
Teddy Higuera 15 Milwaukee Brewers  
Dan Petry 15 Detroit Tigers  
Mike Smithson 15 Minnesota Twins  
Don Sutton 15 Oakland Athletics  
California Angels  
Walt Terrell 15 Detroit Tigers  
Mike Witt 15 California Angels  
Chris Codiroli 14 Oakland Athletics 19
Mark Gubicza 14 Kansas City Royals  
Charlie Hough 14 Texas Rangers  
Danny Jackson 14 Kansas City Royals  
Jimmy Key 14 Toronto Blue Jays  
Scott McGregor 14 Baltimore Orioles  
Ron Romanick 14 California Angels  



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?

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.