Top 25 Wins in 2007 in the American League

Wins : 2007 American League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

2007 Wins Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Wins Team Rank

Josh Beckett 20 Boston Red Sox 1

Fausto Carmona 19 Cleveland Indians 2

John Lackey 19 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

C.C. Sabathia 19 Cleveland Indians

Chien-Ming Wang 19 New York Yankees

Kelvim Escobar 18 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 6

Justin Verlander 18 Detroit Tigers

Tim Wakefield 17 Boston Red Sox 8

Miguel Batista 16 Seattle Mariners 9

Roy Halladay 16 Toronto Blue Jays

Paul Byrd 15 Cleveland Indians 11

Dan Haren 15 Oakland Athletics

Daisuke Matsuzaka 15 Boston Red Sox

Andy Pettitte 15 New York Yankees

Johan Santana 15 Minnesota Twins

Javier Vazquez 15 Chicago White Sox

Joe Blanton 14 Oakland Athletics 17

Felix Hernandez 14 Seattle Mariners

Erik Bedard 13 Baltimore Orioles 19

Scott Kazmir 13 Tampa Bay Devil Rays

Carlos Silva 13 Minnesota Twins

Jered Weaver 13 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Brian Bannister 12 Kansas City Royals 23

Shaun Marcum 12 Toronto Blue Jays

Dustin McGowan 12 Toronto Blue Jays

Name Wins Team Rank

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?

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.

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