Wins : 1995 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)
 

1995 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Mike Mussina 19 Baltimore Orioles 1
David Cone 18 Toronto Blue Jays 2
New York Yankees  
Randy Johnson 18 Seattle Mariners  
Kenny Rogers 17 Texas Rangers 4
Orel Hershiser 16 Cleveland Indians 5
Charles Nagy 16 Cleveland Indians  
Tim Wakefield 16 Boston Red Sox  
Kevin Appier 15 Kansas City Royals 8
Chuck Finley 15 California Angels  
Erik Hanson 15 Boston Red Sox  
Mark Langston 15 California Angels  
Jack McDowell 15 New York Yankees  
Todd Stottlemyre 14 Oakland Athletics 13
Scott Erickson 13 Minnesota Twins 14
Baltimore Orioles  
Alex Fernandez 12 Chicago White Sox 15
Tom Gordon 12 Kansas City Royals  
Mark Gubicza 12 Kansas City Royals  
Dennis Martinez 12 Cleveland Indians  
Andy Pettitte 12 New York Yankees  
Jim Abbott 11 Chicago White Sox 20
California Angels  
Sterling Hitchcock 11 New York Yankees  
Al Leiter 11 Toronto Blue Jays  
Brad Radke 11 Minnesota Twins  
Tim Belcher 10 Seattle Mariners 24
Ricky Bones 10 Milwaukee Brewers  



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

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?

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).