Wins : 1876 National 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)
 

1876 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Al Spalding 47 Chicago White Stockings 1
George Bradley 45 St. Louis Brown Stockings 2
Tommy Bond 31 Hartford Dark Blues 3
Jim Devlin 30 Louisville Grays 4
Bobby Mathews 21 New York Mutuals 5
Jack Manning 18 Boston Red Caps 6
Candy Cummings 16 Hartford Dark Blues 7
Joe Borden 11 Boston Red Caps 8
Lon Knight 10 Philadelphia Athletics 9
Foghorn Bradley 9 Boston Red Caps 10
Cal McVey 5 Chicago White Stockings 11
Dory Dean 4 Cincinnati Red Stockings 12
Cherokee Fisher 4 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
George Zettlein 4 Philadelphia Athletics  
Tricky Nichols 1 Boston Red Caps 15
Dale Williams 1 Cincinnati Red Stockings  



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.

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).

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.