1998 Wins Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Wins	Team	Rank
Roger Clemens	20	Toronto Blue Jays	1
David Cone	20	New York Yankees
Rick Helling	20	Texas Rangers
Pedro Martinez	19	Boston Red Sox	4
Aaron Sele	19	Texas Rangers
David Wells	18	New York Yankees	6
Tim Wakefield	17	Boston Red Sox	7
Scott Erickson	16	Baltimore Orioles	8
Andy Pettitte	16	New York Yankees
Kenny Rogers	16	Oakland Athletics
Dave Burba	15	Cleveland Indians	11
Jamie Moyer	15	Seattle Mariners
Charles Nagy	15	Cleveland Indians
Bret Saberhagen	15	Boston Red Sox
Rolando Arrojo	14	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	15
Tim Belcher	14	Kansas City Royals
Bartolo Colon	14	Cleveland Indians
Brian Moehler	14	Detroit Tigers
Mike Sirotka	14	Chicago White Sox
James Baldwin	13	Chicago White Sox	20
Jeff Fassero	13	Seattle Mariners
Hideki Irabu	13	New York Yankees
Mike Mussina	13	Baltimore Orioles
Chris Carpenter	12	Toronto Blue Jays	24
Pat Hentgen	12	Toronto Blue Jays
Name	Wins	Team	Rank

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